Iraqi Army Clashes With Militias In Basra
Basra, Feb 21- Iraqi army troops clashed with armed groups in the early hours on Thursday throughout Basra, leaving unspecified number of casualties, a police source said.
“Fierce clashes flared up between Iraqi soldiers and armed groups throughout Basra, mainly in Hussein and al-Jamaayat neighborhoods in western Basra,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI) on condition of anonymity.
“The clashes started from 2 am until 7 am,” he pointed out.
“The gunmen used different kinds of weapons; mortar shells, hand grenades, RPG,” he added, noting that the confrontations left unspecified number of casualties.
Basra lies 590 km south of Baghdad.
(VOI)
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I think not taking out Mookie when we had the chance moved from #3 up to #2 on my list of Rumsfeld/Bremer fuck-ups.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:42 amYeah big time mistake. we should have wiped him out first. then moved onto AQ. his little crew has caused way too much destruction in that country.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:45 amOn the other hand, there are far fewer distractions now. Mookie fucked up calling a cease fire, giving us more resources to mop up AQI. I’ll take them one-by-one. Eat shit and die, Mook!
February 21st, 2008 at 10:35 am