Wednesday, January 23, 2008

U.S. military kills 20 in al Qaeda Iraq raids


US soldiers raid over the past two days on suspected al Qaeda members killed 20 people. The military was searching for an al Qaeda network leader near Baquda, which is 40 miles north if Baghdad. When they arrived, they saw a number of civilians in "fighting positions." In a statement the military said, "Responding in self-defense, the ground force called supporting aircraft to engage the hostile force, killing 10 terrorists." In a nearby building, 3 other terrorist were killed by US soldiers.

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