2 al-Qaida leaders captured in Iraq

Source: Associated Press

2 al-Qaida leaders captured in Iraq

By LAUREN FRAYER, Associated Press Writer
33 minutes ago

BAQOUBA, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi troops captured two senior
al-Qaida militants and seven other operatives Saturday in
Diyala province, an Iraqi commander said, as an offensive to
clear the volatile area of insurgents entered its fifth day.

The U.S. military also cracked down elsewhere in Iraq, saying
in a statement that seven other al-Qaida fighters were killed
and 10 suspects detained in raids in Tikrit, east of Fallujah,
south of Baghdad and in Mosul.

Three other militants suspected of having ties to Iran were
detained in a predawn operation by U.S. forces working with
Iraqi informants in Baghdad's main Shiite district of Sadr
City, the military said separately.

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The British military also said Saturday that a British soldier
had died of wounds suffered the day before in a roadside
bombing in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. The death raised
to at least 153 the number of British troops killed since the
war started in March 2003.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070623/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

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The report continues with other violence across Iraq.

Also: British soldier dies after bombing in Basra - Reuters

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Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 23
23 Jun 2007 10:17:52 GMT

June 23 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq
at 1000 GMT on Saturday:

* denotes new or updated item.

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* TIKRIT - U.S. soldiers conducting raids against al Qaeda killed
two men in a car which ignored orders to stop on a road near Tikrit,
175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. A bomb
was found in the car, which was then destroyed by a U.S. air strike.

* FALLUJA - A U.S. air strike killed five gunmen who had opened fire
on a patrol seeking al Qaeda insurgents near Falluja, 50 km (32 miles)
west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - Police found 11 bodies on the streets of Baghdad on Friday.
Most had been shot dead.

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Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23457267.htm

What? You didn't want them to bomb Florida, did you?

that rhetoric will keep their war going for a while.

as a truck driver I listen to alot of radio and it all started about two or three weeks ago I noticed that everything in Iraq started to be Al Qaeda fault AGAIN!! We've been through this before and it fades with time but its back.. Have you noticed the sutle way the corporate controlled news does this??

I think the press does not even question the identification given by the militarry PR office of the groups involved. It works to Dumbya's advantage to use AlQaida as the new rationale for our presence.

except KO. I have noticed it in ALL of the AP reports on Yahoo though. I read Juan Cole's blog every day and he has been debunking the al-q in Iraq myth quite regularly.

http://juancole.com/

... Curly and Mo. Larry's still on the loose, but not for long.
Nuck, nuck ... nuck nuck nuck.

:eyes: :puke:

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just keep saying we are beating al Aeda so we can stay there forever.

Was the first thing I thought when I read the headline.

was going to ask if they were both the number 2 guys

Condi @ a hearing said, "We have killed or captured 75% of the
senior al Qaeda leaders." When asked what the total # of leaders
there were she sid, "I don't know."

Rough quote .... but hell we have beaten al Qaeda in Iraq time to
come home.

Source: Reuters

U.S. forces tighten grip on Iraqi city
Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:28AM EDT

By Alister Bull

BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers tightened their cordon
around al Qaeda fighters holed up in the Iraqi city of Baquba
on Saturday, advancing carefully through streets lined with
roadside bombs and booby-trapped houses.

"We are enveloping the enemy into a kill sack," said Command
Sergeant Major Jeff Huggins from the 5th Battalion, 20th
Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade.

Around 10,000 American and Iraqi soldiers are into the fifth
day of a major push against al Qaeda militants in Diyala
province just north of Baghdad.

U.S. troops have killed dozens of suspected al Qaeda fighters.
One U.S. soldier has been killed.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSCOL02152020070623

in other words,

and 4 more fill in the vacancies.