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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (358541)	11/15/2007 3:37:48 PM
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U.S. tribal allies in Iraq angry over airstrikes Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:47am ET By Ross Colvin and Maher Nazeh BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces said they had killed 25 suspected insurgents in operations targeting al Qaeda militants near the capital, but Sunni Arab tribal leaders accused them on Thursday of killing pro-U.S. fighters. The head of a Sunni Arab tribal group that has turned against al Qaeda and joined forces with the U.S. military told Reuters U.S. aircraft had bombed his men late on Tuesday night, killing 45, as they manned checkpoints just north of Baghdad. U.S. forces have formed alliances with Sunni Arab tribes in western Iraq and in provinces around Baghdad, offering mostly paid employment to nearly 70,000 tribal fighters and former insurgents as part of its strategy to combat al Qaeda. The U.S. military said it launched an operation late on Tuesday targeting suspected associates of senior al Qaeda leaders in Tarmiya, which is close to Taji. Troops backed by aircraft killed 25 gunmen, it said. "Coalition forces observed several armed men in the target area and, perceiving hostile intent, called for supporting aircraft to engage," it said in a statement. It did not say whether the gunmen had fired on the soldiers, but U.S. military spokesman Major Winfield Danielson said troops had engaged a "hostile force" and that three weapons caches had been found in the area containing anti-aircraft weapons and surface-to-surface missiles. The head of the Taji "Awakening Council", which is aligned to U.S. forces, Sheikh Jassem, said the weapons belonged to the Islamic Army. Elements of the nationalist Sunni insurgent group have recently begun to work alongside the U.S. military to fight al Qaeda. Continued... © Reuters 2007. All Rights Reserved. < Previous 1 \| 2 \| 3 Next > Ads by GoogleWhat's This? today.reuters.com