Hans
08-17-2007, 05:27 PM
13 enemies dead in a 24 hour battle. Snipers, airborne firepower, ground forces, a Hellfire missile. And that's from a country that calls itself a super power...
U.S. troops fought it out with insurgents over the last 24 hours in and near Tarmiya, one of the many volatile spots on the northern Baghdad outskirts, the military reported on Friday
A U.S. soldier and 13 insurgents, including a armed female wearing a ski mask, were killed. Also, a boy was killed in a building during fighting. Many people were detained as well.
Coalition forces escalated their level of force, including using airborne firepower against the enemy, until four armed terrorists emerged from the building firing at the ground forces."
Aircraft and sniper fire killed the four insurgents. One of them was "a female wearing a ski mask and wielding a rifle."
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/17/iraq.main/index.html
U.S. troops fought it out with insurgents over the last 24 hours in and near Tarmiya, one of the many volatile spots on the northern Baghdad outskirts, the military reported on Friday
A U.S. soldier and 13 insurgents, including a armed female wearing a ski mask, were killed. Also, a boy was killed in a building during fighting. Many people were detained as well.
Coalition forces escalated their level of force, including using airborne firepower against the enemy, until four armed terrorists emerged from the building firing at the ground forces."
Aircraft and sniper fire killed the four insurgents. One of them was "a female wearing a ski mask and wielding a rifle."
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/17/iraq.main/index.html