90 rebels killed in western Iraq sweeps

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BAGHDAD - Ninety insurgents have been killed in a series of US-led sweeps in western Iraq since they kicked off on September 28, government spokesman Leith Kubba said on Sunday.

“The total from the operations is 90 killed while the number of arrests has reached 178,” Kubba told journalists, adding that the offensives had “perturbed armed groups’ activity and (helped) obtain information that will help us track down their members”.

The US military said the operations, including Iron Fist which ended near the Syrian border on Thursday, were aimed at thwarting Al Qaeda-linked militant activity in the restive and largely Sunni Arab province of Al Anbar.

Thirteen US troops have been reported killed in the province since the start of the operations.

I wonder what they are doing with all the bodies? They must be really stacking up by now.

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1. Bring 'em all home

Our soldiers get maimed and killed fighting unknown, nobodies in the farthest corners of nowhere spending money we don't have. The madness of it all...Bless them and bring them home.