Great news! A tribal force or "Awakening" group in northern Iraq, specifically in Samarra, killed one al Qaeda in Iraq jihadist (who happened to be wearing a suicide belt) and captured two others in a raid today. That raid uncovered the following munitions as well: 100 rocket propellers, 100 mortar guns, hundreds of rifles of various ranges, explosives, mines and explosive belts.
This is exactly how things turned around in Anbar province - and get this, when these tribal forces were finished with the raid, they turned the captive al Qaeda over to U.S. Troops! So now we have these two pieces of shit and can get our intel from them as well.
Things have been bloody in not only Iraq lately but in Afghanistan as well, so to be able to put up this good news is refreshing.
Here's the full story.
This is exactly how things turned around in Anbar province - and get this, when these tribal forces were finished with the raid, they turned the captive al Qaeda over to U.S. Troops! So now we have these two pieces of shit and can get our intel from them as well.
Things have been bloody in not only Iraq lately but in Afghanistan as well, so to be able to put up this good news is refreshing.
Here's the full story.
Tribal force attacks al-Qaeda insurgents, seizes weapons in Iraq
Baghdad - A local tribal force in the northern Iraqi city of Samarra said Monday it killed a gunman wearing an explosive belt and arrested two suspected al-Qaeda insurgents in a raid on their hideout where a large weapons cache was seized.
'The local police and a tribal force launched Sunday night a search operation in Jalam, east of Samarra, for members of al-Qaeda,' Mazen Yussif, the head of the tribal force in Samarra, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
A US force took the weapons and the two arrested fighters to its headquarters.
Tribal forces known as Awakening Councils are US-funded civilian armed groups formed in Sunni Arab-dominated areas to fight insurgents from the al-Qaeda terrorist network. Some members of the groups are themselves former insurgents.
Their campaign against al-Qaeda has contributed to improving security in many Sunni areas and marked a significant development in Iraq in the past year. Under a US-backed plan, their members should join the regular security forces or find other jobs.
Awakening Councils have recently been targeted in attacks believed to be largely carried out by the al-Qaeda in Iraq group and their allies.
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