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June 19, 2006
Group Linked To Al-Qaeda Claims Abduction Of Two Missing Soldiers In Iraq
Topics: IraqAccording to the Pentagon, Pvt. Kristian Menchaca and Pvt. Thomas Tucker were apparently captured by the guerrillas. A third soldier, David Babineau, was killed in the attack. (source)Al-Qaeda making the abduction claim is definately bad news but not unsuspected. The two soldiers missing from the "Triangle lf Death" checkpoint in Iraq near Yusufiya appear to be in the hands of The Mujahideen Shura Council Of Iraq, an umbrella organization made up of Jihadist groups in Iraq:
(Reuters) ... The American army, using different kinds of machines and armor, raided the area where the incident took place but the army of 'the world's strongest country' returned without success, humiliated," said the statement which was posted on a Web site often used by Islamist militants.The groups that are presently known to make up the Mujahideen Shura Council are the al-Qaeda Organization in the Land of the Two Rivers, Jaish al-Taifa al-Mansoura, al-Ahwal Brigades, Islamic Jihad Brigades, al-Ghuraba Brigades, and Saraya Ansar al-Tawhid. Out of the six groups, only al-Qaeda and Jaish al-Taifa al-Mansoura had been responsible for any large scale-operations. Some of the more recent attacks by the Mujahideen Shura Council include:... The statement, whose authenticity could not be verified, said the event showed "the weakness of U.S. intelligence".
Mujahideen Shura Council attacked Police target (May 21, 2006, Iraq)Out of the six groups, only al-Qaeda and Jaish al-Taifa al-Mansoura had been responsible for any large scale-operations.Mujahideen Shura Council attacked Police target (May 14, 2006, Iraq)
Mujahideen Shura Council attacked Other target (Apr. 23, 2006, Iraq)
Mujahideen Shura Council attacked Government target (Apr. 17, 2006, Iraq)
Meanwhile, U.S. and Iraqi forces are pushing roughly a mile deeper into Ramadi from their current base to establish a "new outpost in Ramadi's eastern Mulaab neighborhood that would allow U.S. and Iraqi troops to better patrol a troublesome area where insurgents have frequently attacked."
Regarding our missing soldiers, as Dan Riehl said in his post a couple days ago, it's time to "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war" (The military order Havoc! was a signal given to the English army as early as 1385 to direct the soldiery (the dogs of war) to pillage and chaos). Leaving no stone unturned, it's definately time to kick a-- and take names!
Blogs of War has details on the missing soldiers. (HT-RWV)
Interesting, unrelated, but damned well worthy of mention - "Missing Soldiers - The Russian Connection" ??
Question of the day - why haven't we previously heard more about the villages of Karagol and Jurf Al Sakhar, and if we've known that they are a central focal point of al-qaeda - why do they still exist? (May 22 - Four policemen were killed when a roadside bomb went off near a joint U.S. forces/Iraqi police patrol in Jurf al-Sakhar)
Posted by Richard at June 19, 2006 10:29 AM
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