U.S. Troops Kill 10 Iraqi Gunmen

[Barrett808]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division killed 10 armed Iraqis who were apparently trying to set up an ambush near a town northeast of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Tuesday.

A patrol from the division's 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment saw 10 Iraqis armed with automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenade launchers Monday night north of the town of Muqdadiyah, the command said in a statement.

"The men were apparently establishing an ambush position," the statement said. "The armed men did not comply with warnings and in response the soldiers fired, killing all 10."

The soldiers recovered five AK-47 assault rifles, four grenade launchers, five rocket propelled grenades, two machine guns, two hand grenades and a pair of night vision goggles, the statement added.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040210/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_ambush&cid=540&ncid=1480

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. 10 down 19,999,990 to go.

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

2. Iraq is going to end up a remake of

'Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee"

[leftchick]

3. precisely....

God help us all with these idiots in charge....

[Flagg]

4. I feel so much safer now. Thank you commander in chief

[NickB79]

5. The night vision goggles are what caught my eye

Up to this point, one of the only major advantages we've had is that we had the ability to see them when they couldn't see us. If commercially-available night vision equipment is being smuggled into Iraq, things could get a whole lot uglier.