Reply #22: BBC sorta catching on >>>>>>>>>> [View All]

[Roland99]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4817762.stm

Attack and assault aircraft were providing "aerial weapons support" for 1,500 US and Iraqi commandos were moving in to clear "a suspected insurgent operating area north-east of Samarra".

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They detained 48 people, of whom 17 were freed without delay. Officials said they did not believe they had captured any significant insurgent leaders.

"Any leaders there must have seen the forces coming and escaped," said one senior Iraqi security source.

By the middle of Day Two, the operation had already been scaled down to 900 men.

Gotta love that comment from that senior Iraqi security source.