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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-01-07 01:10 PM
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U.S. kills 7 top al-Qaida leaders in Iraq
Source: UPI

BAGHDAD, 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. military said Monday troops killed seven suspected terrorists and captured 11 others in raids aimed at disrupting al-Qaida in Iraq's leadership.

A military statement said the operations were carried out Sunday and Monday near the cities of Tarmiyah, Mosul and Baghdad, as well as in Diyala province.

The military also found weapons and explosives during the operations, a military statement said.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/10/01/us_kills_7_top_alqaida_leaders_in_iraq/1402/
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-01-07 01:22 PM
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1. How many #2s?
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mbperrin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-01-07 01:27 PM
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4. Exactly.
Hey, maybe one was a one point nine niner!

:rofl:
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-01-07 01:26 PM
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2. they will never stop spinning
how do they know they are al-Qaida?? they could be just iraqi civilians trying to protect their country.
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-01-07 01:27 PM
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3. there no more Sunni insurgents they are all al Qaeda terrorists
according to the MSM that is...
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-01-07 01:43 PM
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5. Were they all #2?
Did they carry Al Qaida membership cards?

;-)
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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-01-07 02:00 PM
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6. "If they run, they're AQ. If they stand still, they're well-disciplined AQ."
"And if we kill 'em, they're top AQ leaders."

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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-01-07 02:03 PM
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7. We're fighting an army of clones!
No wonder we're losing.
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Sinistrous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-01-07 02:05 PM
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8. They didn't get a big enough bounce for killing just one. Now it's "7".
Next time it will be "11"

Sinistrous
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