http://khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2008/Ja nuary/focusoniraq_January30.xml <http://khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2008/J anuary/focusoniraq_January30.xml§ion=focusoniraq> §ion=focusoniraq 4 US soldiers, 20 militants killed in Iraq operations (DPA)
9 January 2008 BAGHDAD - Four US soldiers and at least 20 suspected militants have been killed in separate operations across Iraq, the US military announced Wednesday, while a total of 32 extremist suspects were detained by US and Iraqi forces. Three of the US troops died from injuries sustained Tuesday during an operation in northern Iraq's Salahaddin province, in which two soldiers were also injured. The fourth was killed a day earlier in south-eastern Baghdad when militants opened fire on a US patrol, according to a military statement. The deaths bring to 11 the number of US troops killed in January. At least 3,915 US personnel have been killed since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Meanwhile in the north-eastern Iraqi province of Diyala, at least 20 militant suspects have been killed and 10 arrested in a joint US- Iraqi military operation launched Tuesday under the codename 'Operation Iron Harvest' and targeting Al Qaeda militants. 'Working together, Iraqi and coalition forces will rid the north of extremist violence and will pave the way for a secure and safe northern Iraq,' the US military statement continued. Separately, Iraqi authorities arrested 22 suspects and uncovered a weapons cache in Karbala, 100 kilometres south of Baghdad, security sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. Security has been stepped up in the city ahead of a major Shia religious celebration set to take place on Thursday. Authorities have deployed more than 6,000 policemen atop high buildings and assigned about 22,000 soldiers to man the entrances Karbala ahead of the Ashoura religious festival, during which many Shias make pilgrimages to the city's shrine traditionally held to be the tomb of Imam Hussein. Most of the violence in Karbala, a city with a majority Shia population, is blamed on militants belonging to the Mahdi Army, loyal to Shia cleric Moqtada Al Sadr. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
