Nov 14, 2007

Iraq Update

Not News: 18 AlQDah killed in Iraq.
News: By a group of former Sunni Insurgents.
Interesting: The Sunni group asked the US military to stay away.
Blasphemes: The Washington Post buried it on page A10.

(story, if you're interested)

The Islamic Army in Iraq sent advance word to Iraqi police requesting that U.S. helicopters keep out of the area since its fighters had no uniforms and were indistinguishable from al-Qaida, according to the police and a top Islamic Army leader known as Abu Ibrahim.

Abu Ibrahim told The Associated Press that his fighters killed 18 al-Qaida militants and captured 16 in the fight southeast of Samarra, a mostly Sunni city about 60 miles north of Baghdad.

"We found out that al-Qaida intended to attack us, so we ambushed them at 3 p.m. on Friday," Abu Ibrahim said. He would not say whether any Islamic Army members were killed.

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