Insurgents? Insurgents?! Enough nonsense: jihadists.
From the AP clones:
BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S.-led coalition forces killed 20 insurgents, including two women, Friday in fighting and airstrikes that targeted al-Qaida in
Iraq militants northwest of Baghdad, the military said. The mayor of the village, which was the site of a U.S. raid earlier this year, said 19 civilians were killed, including seven women and eight children.
ADVERTISEMENTIn the south, more than 1,000 British and Danish troops conducted a pre-dawn raid in the outskirts of Basra, coalition officials said, describing the operation as the largest of its kind in the area since the war began. Five Iraqis, described as members of “a rogue, breakaway” Shiite militia, were detained.
In the coalition raid northwest of Baghdad, near Lake Tharthar in the predominantly Sunni Salahuddin province, ground forces were searching buildings when they were attacked. They returned fire, killing two insurgents, the U.S. military said.
Under continuing fire, the troops called in air support, killing 18 insurgents, the command said, adding that two women were among those killed. The military declined to specify which branch of the coalition was involved, but the U.S. provides the bulk of the air support in most of the country.
“Al-Qaida in Iraq has both men and women supporting and facilitating their operations unfortunately,” it said.
Gee, ya think? It’s called jihad.
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