US forces arrest 60 in Baghdad

[Omaha Steve]

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US forces arrest 60 in Baghdad
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Aug 12, 8:54 AM (ET)


By Alister Bull

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. troops rounded up 60 suspected militants overnight in a security clampdown to stem violence in the capital and killed 26 insurgents in a rebel Sunni stronghold west of Baghdad.

The sweep through the southern Baghdad district of Arab Jabour targeted a suspected bomb-making cell linked to attacks across the city of seven million.


Iraqis gather at the site of a bomb blast in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, 550km (340 miles) south of Baghdad August 12, 2006. Three people die in the bomb blast, police sources said. REUTERS/Atef Hassan


"The group has been reported to be planning and conducting training for future attacks, like the attack in Mahmudiya July 17 that killed 42," the U.S. military said in a statement.

Beefed-up U.S. and Iraqi forces this week began a systematic operation to claim back Baghdad's most dangerous rebel strongholds in an attempt to restore security and shore up confidence in the new Shi'ite-led government.

[goclark]

1. "Mission Accomplished "~

[shadowknows69]

2. I fear that our troops are being ordered

to do very bad things in Bagdhad right now to "retake" the city (purge of all military aged men) This terror alert and the Israel situation is perfect cover.

[seriousstan]

3. You hear this from where? Link please.

I am sure that you are not just starting/spreading a rumor so I eagerly await your link.

[shadowknows69]

4. I was posting an opinion and a feeling I have

didn't know that required a link.

[seriousstan]

5. So total baseless B.S. smear of the military. OK, I understand now.

Yes, all the babykillers are now killing all military aged men. I understand, I mean after you kill all the babies and children you have to raise your age limit. Right?

[shadowknows69]

6. So you don't think our troops have been given any

immoral orders in this war? For your information it was widely reported that in the siege of Fallujah that we had orders to let everyone out of the city except men of military age before we started shelling it and dropping white phosphorus weapons on them. I'd say that precedent would give me cause to suspect what our military's conduct will be. I've met soldiers going off to this war who have told me they signed up just to kill Iraqis so forgive me if I don't think they're all honorable angels. I know most are but I also know that most follow their orders without question whether they are moral or not.