Iraqi Forces Backed by American Troops Raid Mosque

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Iraqi security forces backed by U.S. troops stormed a mosque in the Iraqi capital Saturday to search for illegal weapons, the U.S. military said. Religious officials said the raid left a trail of overturned furniture, scattered holy books and broken windows.

Capt. Tom Burrel of the Army's 1st Cavalry Division said no weapons were found during the raid on the Ibn Taymia Mosque in west Baghdad. He said U.S. forces searched the shrine's compound while guardsmen entered the mosque itself.

Sheik Mahdi al-Sumaidaei, the head of the Supreme Association for Guidance and Daawa, a conservative Sunni clerical organization that runs the mosque, denounced the operation as part of an effort to intimidate the group because it opposes the U.S. military presence in Iraq.


"They have no respect toward a mosque," he told the Al-Jazeera television station. "We know that the government has betrayed its people many times."

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBODE9KJZD.html

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1. AHhhhhhh new wording - iraq troops BACKED by us troops

what two iraqis and a million usa troops - they continue to spin bs

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2. No weapons found, just a lot of destruction left after the raid. Oh boy.

What a stupid move.

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3. has there ever been a ratio quoted as to what comprises these raids

that include American troops and(sic) iraqi troops?
300 to 1?
500?

we keep hearing that 80% desertion rate, and biden says not one, ONE (emphasis his) soldier ever completed the full course. so just how many are in these raids all over the country taking place each and every day?