U.S. strikes suspected terrorist safe houses (near the Syrian border)

[sabra]

http://www.newschannel5.tv/News/Other/2366/U-S--strikes-suspected-terrorist-safe-houses

U.S. strikes suspected terrorist safe houses

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. warplanes launched multiple airstrikes Friday against a suspected "terrorist safe house" in the western Anbar province, destroying the building where up to 50 militants were believed to be hiding, the U.S. military said.

Coalition ground forces were alerted by local residents that a number of members of the terror group Al-Qaida in Iraq had gathered in an abandoned building northeast of Husaybah, near the Syrian border about 200 miles west of Baghdad.

The group is led by Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, the second most-wanted terrorist on the U.S. list after al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

"Iraqi citizens reported that approximately 50 terrorists were in the building at the time of the airstrike" which occurred at 4:40 p.m., the statement said.

[CityDem]

1. Yeah right

Probably another wedding party which was interrupted by a barrage of missiles.

[ewagner]

2. This is the same

story we've heard two, maybe three times before..it's hardly newsworthy anymore...

[rodeodance]

3. yes,--the follow-up stories usually have more truth in them.

[bemildred]

4. The whole "safe house" thing annoys me.

Safe from what? There are no police, there is no government,
and we just bombed the shit out of it. How is it safe?

[leftchick]

5. more likely a wedding

:(

[MasonJar]

6. "Suspected " is the operative word here. Probably another

wedding! Oh, well, Gen Myers.

[knight_of_the_star]

7. Near the Syrian border eh?

Are they TRYING to provoke Syria into starting a war with us or just attempting to create pretext?

[PurityOfEssence]

8. The PNAC wants Syria so bad it hurts.

I wonder what the IDF's up to...

[Rex]

9. They canned Saddam in a rat hole

And Boosh took a fake turkey to our troops in Iraq. That's easy PR hitting an abandoned building.

[pinniped]

10. They were bombing the yellow-cake processing facilities.

--The group is led by Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, the second most-wanted terrorist on the U.S. list after al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.--

I haven't seen his name thrown around here for the past couple of weeks.