5 suspected militants killed in Iraq raids

[unhappycamper]

5 suspected militants killed in Iraq raids
By Lauren Frayer - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Jun 9, 2008 8:13:56 EDT

BAGHDAD — U.S. soldiers coming under heavy fire during a raid Monday in northwestern Iraq called in airstrikes and killed five suspected al-Qaida in Iraq militants, the military said.

The U.S. military said it also detained 13 suspects and destroyed a “foreign terrorist hideout” in two days of operations targeting al-Qaida in Iraq across the country.

American soldiers, acting on intelligence gleaned from Iraqis already in U.S. custody, approached a suspected militant safehouse Monday in a remote area of northwestern Iraq, the military said. Troops immediately came under heavy fire from a fortified enemy position, it said.

When U.S. forces called in airstrikes, “secondary explosions erupted from the target buildings, indicating weapons and bomb materials inside,” a military statement said.

Five men were confirmed dead, and multiple suicide vests and heavy machine guns were also discovered in the ruins of their hideout, it said.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/06/ap_iraqraid_060908/