Tuesday, December 18, 2007

U.S. Troops Discover Al Qaeda in Iraq Tunnel Hideouts


Interesting discovery by U.S. troops south of Baghdad - a web of tunnels used as hiding places for jihadists, weapons, artillery caches and such. This would explain a lot of how al Qaeda in Iraq has been so difficult to find in some areas.

The question might be...just WHEN were these tunnels constructed - how long ago?

The plus side is certainly this information will be passed to other areas and look for additional finds in other areas of Iraq.

Story is here.


MIL-IRAQ-QAEDA-HIDEOUTS
American forces discover underground network of Qaeda hideouts in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Dec 18 (KUNA) -- American troops have located a network of underground hideouts used by Al-Qaeda organization in the town of Al-Eskandariah south of the Iraqi capital.The American Army in Iraq, in a statement made public on Tuesday, said the underground web, found last Sunday, was used by Al-Qaeda milititants for storing arms, hiding fighters, planning and launcing military attacks.The network leads to several positions for the organization, it said, adding that large caches of arms were found in the underground network of hideouts and were confiscated.The forces called in aircraft to demolish the sites. (end) ah.

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