60 Shiite militants killed or captured in Iraqi city

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

60 Shiite militants killed or captured in Iraqi city by Jennie Matthew
1 hour, 19 minutes ago



DIWANIYAH, Iraq (AFP) - More than 60 Shiite militants have been killed or captured in deadly battle with Iraqi and US forces in the central city of Diwaniyah, military officials said Monday.

Since Friday, around 3,300 US and Iraqi troops have clashed with Shiite militants, largely believed to be from the Mahdi Army militia controlled by firebrand cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, in Diwaniyah, south of Baghdad.

Polish Major General Pawel Lamla, a commanding general for US-led multinational forces, told a group of reporters in Diwaniyah that security forces had "killed or captured more than 60 of the terrorists."

US commander Colonel Michael Garrett said the fighters appeared to be from the Jaish al-Mahdi, the Arabic name for Mahdi Army.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070409/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestdiwaniyah_070409144226

[mike_c]

1. partisan resistance attacking a military target = terrorists...?

Right.

[Dhalgren]

2. It's the "5 o'clock follies" all over again.

Numbers like these, even if true (and who knows) are completely meaningless. How many children were among those 60 "terrorists"?

[go west young man]

3. Terrorists?

This Polish commander is helping to make Poland look pretty foolish. How much money did the U.S. promise Poland for their participation?

[Spinzonner]

4. How many thousand more does that leave ?