U.S. Hammers Al-Qaida South of Baghdad
Associated Press | January 10, 2008
BAGHDAD - U.S. bombers and jet fighters unleashed 40,000 pounds of explosives during a 10-minute airstrike Jan. 10, flattening what the military called al-Qaida in Iraq safe havens on the southern outskirts of the capital. The strikes, carried out above approaching troops, were part of Operation Phantom Phoenix, a nationwide campaign launched Jan. 8 against al-Qaida in Iraq.


A military statement said two B-1 bombers and four F-16 fighters dropped the bombs on 40 targets in Arab Jabour in 10 strikes. Al-Qaida fighters are believed to control Arab Jabour, a Sunni district lined with citrus groves and scarred by daily violence.
"Thirty-eight bombs were dropped within the first 10 minutes, with a total tonnage of 40,000 pounds," the statement said.
The attack came a day after the U.S. military reported that nine American soldiers were killed north of the capital in the first two days of a new offensive.




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thats some firepower there.

Awesome; I hope the bombers killed those bastards as many as possible.