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The War
Profiteers - War Crimes, Kidnappings, Torture and Big Money |
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Iraq: Firefight between Insurgents and U.S. Troops
in Diyala Province - June 22nd, 2007 |
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“The new operation launched by American and Iraqi troops in Diyala
province and its capital Baquba, just north of Baghdad, is one of the biggest
campaigns undertaken by US troops since the invasion in 2003. Codenamed
Arrowhead Ripper, the operation involves some 10,000 troops - probably around
6,000 US and 4,000 Iraqis - lifted in by helicopters and backed by massive
firepower in the shape of tanks, artillery and close air support. The first
focus of the operation seemed to be on the western quarters of Baquba itself,
where fighters from al-Qaeda and likeminded radical Sunni groups have become
deeply entrenched in recent months, with government control and services
withering away. […]” Excerpt of a BBC News
article from June
19th, 2007 |
Insurgents fire a rocket against U.S. troops |
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The Video |
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External view: link file format: .wmv (29 MB) |
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Iraq War Scenes from June 2007 |
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Wounded girl |
Killed farmers in hospital |
Death after U.S. attacks |
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Video & Photo Credits The Video 1) The video clips was released by the insurgents group “Ansar
Al-Sunnah” in late June of 2007. The video was shot in the Diyala province
during the attacks by U.S./Iraqi forces against local insurgents. Iraq War Scenes from June 2007 1) A girl wounded in
a bomb attack stands near the rubble of her family’s destroyed house in
Baghdad. Dozens of residents became homeless after Tuesday’s bomb attack in a
market in Baghdad’s Amil district which killed 19 people and wounding 71
others. - June 3rd, 2007 - Ali Jasim/Reuters; 2) A man stands near
the bodies of fellow farmers who were killed by gunmen, in a hospital in
Kirkuk, about 250 km (150 miles) north of Baghdad. Gunmen opened fire at
farmers in their fields, killing two and wounding six others, police said. -
June 2nd, 2007 - Slahaldeen Rasheed/Reuters; 3) Relatives grieve around the coffin of a man who was killed during a
joint raid by the U.S.-Iraqi forces in Baghdad’s Sadr City. The number of
civilians killed in Iraq jumped to nearly 2,000 in May, according to figures
released on Saturday. - June 1st, 2007 - Kareem Raheem/Reuters; |
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