("Non-Combat") U.S. Warplanes Attack Areas in Amara (Iraq) With Live Weapons

[tekisui]

Source: Aswat al-Iraq

MISSAN / Aswat al-Iraq: U.S. warplanes have attacked areas in southern Iraq’s city of Amara, the center of Missan Province on Monday and Tuesday, with live weapons, a Missan Province’s security source reported.

“Amara city had witnessed on Monday and Tuesday U.S. air attacks, using live ammunition,” the security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, saying that the raids have covered the areas of Ufiya and Abu-Rummana in central Amara, the U.S. Army suspects were being used by armed groups to launch rockets on the Buteira military airport, 5 km to the north of Amara.

more: http://en.aswataliraq.info/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=143849&l=1

[Baclava]

1. It doesn't say "non-combat" at all in that report. Somebody fired missles at an Iraqi Army base.

We have troops there, so we fired back...so?


"The Buteira military airport, used by the Iraqi Army and some American forces as their base had been target for an 8-rocket attack last Saturday, 4 of them falling on the airport and others close to the venue of their launching...the air raids did not cause any human or material losses".

[tekisui]

2. All troops left in Iraq are called non-combat by the WH.

Which routinely engage in combat along side the Iraqis and likely unilaterally. It is time to be honest about the reality there, that we are still at war.

Also, that the US is not actually leaving anytime soon.

[Baclava]

3. Yeah - I see what you mean...."non-combat" just means things have settled down

So now that we have technically withdrawn all our "combat" troops, we have 45,000 military "advisors" in the country - and probably will have for a long time.