Poetic Justice

Two die in 'botched' Tikrit blast
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3407429.stm
There has been an explosion in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, where a
bomb went off inside a car, killing two Iraqis.
Another Iraqi man in the vehicle was seriously injured.

The Americans said it appeared that the men had been planning to attack a US
patrol, but their bomb had gone off prematurely.

A military spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Steve Russell, said the car - a
white Mercedes - was believed to have been used in previous attacks against
the US-led coalition forces, including one in December in which three
American soldiers were wounded.

References:
Posted by: "Pepperoni"

>U.S. forces went to the
>house before dawn Monday in the Al-Moalemeen district and gave the Arabs 15
>minutes to surrender

How come it took 'em so long to make up their minds?

Jones

3 foreign fighters reportedly killed in Iraq
Iraqis say U.S. troops shot two Yemenis, Syrian
The Associated Press
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3998839/
BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops killed three Arab foreigners and seized weapons
after a gunbattle Monday at what Iraqi police described as a "terrorist
safehouse" in a southeastern suburb of Baghdad, Iraqi officials said.
The two Yemenis and one Syrian were killed after U.S. forces went to the
house before dawn Monday in the Al-Moalemeen district and gave the Arabs 15
minutes to surrender, Iraqi police and local authorities said.

When the Arabs refused, U.S. troops attacked, killing the three. A Yemeni
woman was taken into custody, officials said. Two Yemeni women and three
children were not detained, officials said.

Jassim Mouhan, an official in the local municipal council, said the
Americans found Kalashnikov weapons, grenades, TNT, and other explosives in
the house.

"This was a terrorist safehouse," Capt. Ali Dawoud said. The U.S. military
press office said it had no report of the incident.

Meanwhile, a top oil official told Dow Jones Newswires that Iraqi security
foiled an alleged plot to attack Baghdad's Al-Doura oil refinery last week.

Three non-Iraqi Arabs were arrested with two tons of explosives a half mile
from the refinery, located 12 miles south of Baghdad, the refinery's
director-general, Dathar Al-Khashab, told the news agency.

"They were planning to bring the explosives inside and detonate them near
the refinery," al-Khashab said.

"!Jones" wrote in message
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> References:
> Posted by: "Pepperoni"
>
> >U.S. forces went to the
> >house before dawn Monday in the Al-Moalemeen district and gave the Arabs
15
> >minutes to surrender
>
> How come it took 'em so long to make up their minds?
>
> Jones

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