U.S. troops clash with Shiite militiamen
U.S. troops clashed with Shiite militiamen south of Baghdad on Saturday in a three-hour gunbattle in which 15 gunmen and an Iraqi soldier were killed, U.S. officials and Iraqis said.
It appeared the battle was part of a systematic campaign against the militia of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, blamed for much of the sectarian violence sweeping the country.
Sheik Jalil al-Nouri, an aide to al-Sadr, said U.S. troops attacked the cleric's local office in Musayyib and killed 14 of his followers.
A friend of mine likes to say, "Don't bring a knife to a gun battle!".
If you're gonna shoot at us, we're gonna kill you! And we'll keep doing it until you learn the lesson, dumb ass.
It appeared the battle was part of a systematic campaign against the militia of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, blamed for much of the sectarian violence sweeping the country.
Sheik Jalil al-Nouri, an aide to al-Sadr, said U.S. troops attacked the cleric's local office in Musayyib and killed 14 of his followers.
A friend of mine likes to say, "Don't bring a knife to a gun battle!".
If you're gonna shoot at us, we're gonna kill you! And we'll keep doing it until you learn the lesson, dumb ass.