80 Militants Killed, 50 Captured

   According to the Iraqi Interior Ministry, eighty militants got whacked on Wednesday and another 50 were caught while fighting with those lovable Iraqi forces.

   This fight involved Iraqi cops, tribal leaders and soldiers going up against al Qaeda in Iraq fighters. It is reported that three police officers were killed in the fight which lasted throughout most of Wednesday.

    American troops were not involved in this one according to the US military. Source

      For the record, since the start of the war the American troop casualty count now stands at 3,163.   This is the surge that the White House will not discuss!

 

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