They 'won the toss and have elected to receive'

U.S. bombers and jet fighters remind Al-Qaeda they "won the toss and have elected to receive" 40,000 pounds worth Thursday

Christopher Chester with the Houston Chronicle reported U.S. bombers and jet fighters crushed al-Qaeda hideouts in Iraq, dropping 40,000 pounds on the outskirts of Baghdad, an area the jihadists have desired as the capital for a revived Islamic Caliphate.

U.S. military sources stated the pounding flattened al-Qaeda positions in a 10-minute barrage reminiscent of a tongue-in-cheek statement made soon after 9-11 captioned at the bottom of a photo of a B-1 bomber and a layout of its ordinance: "the terrorists have won the toss, and have elected to receive."

The action was an ordered tactical response to Islamic terrorist threats that continue to undermine the elected government of Iraq, now an ally of the United States. The show of air supremacy came amidst the much publicized advantage Islamic jihadists have in the sewers from which suicide bombings arise.

The strikes, carried out above approaching U.S. and Iraqi troops, was part of Operation Phantom Phoenix, a nationwide campaign launched Tuesday against al Qaeda in Iraq.

The air raid was followed by a ground attack that led to 12 arrests and the discovery of two houses used to torture kidnap victims, according to an Iraqi army officer who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
He said the troops faced no resistance.

A military statement said two B-1 bombers and four F-16 fighters dropped the bombs on 40 targets in Arab Jabour in 10 strikes. Al-Qaeda fighters are believed to control Arab Jabour, a Sunni district lined with citrus groves and scarred by daily violence.

"Thirty-eight bombs were dropped within the first 10 minutes, with a total tonnage of 40,000 pounds," the statement said.

The Iraqi army officer, whose unit is in the Arab Jabour area, said the air strikes began at 8 a.m. and led to the burning of several citrus groves and the destruction of two houses used by gunmen. He said soldiers confiscated documents and weapons including AK-47s.

Reports noted the attack came on the day after nine U.S. soldiers died in the opening stages of the new initiative. The amassing of U.S. and Iraqi forces before Tuesday prompted many militants to leave the Diyala province, an agricultural area noted for its defiance to an Iraqi government call to suppress violent jihad.

The campaign's scope is nationwide but is mainly focused on gaining control of Diyala and its most important city, Baqouba, which al-Qaeda has declared the capital of its self-styled Islamic caliphate.

Six soldiers were killed and four were wounded Wednesday in a booby-trapped house in Diyala, the U.S. command said. It also announced that three U.S. soldiers were killed and two wounded in an attack Tuesday in Salaheddin province, north of Diyala.

The toll marked some of the deadliest days for U.S. forces in Iraq since last fall. For all of December, 23 U.S. soldiers died in the country...

"Operational security in Iraq is a problem," top U.S. commander in northern Iraq, Maj. Gen. Mark P. Hertling, said Wednesday. He noted the Iraqi army uses unsecured cell phones and radios. "I'm sure there is active leaking of communication," he added.

U.S. military sources said they killed 20 to 30 jihadists in the first two days of fighting; enemy casualty numbers for the bombing attack were unavailable.

Monthly numbers of civilians killed by jihadists declined in Diyala region last month from 273 to 213; civilian deaths by jihadists in Baghdad dropped from 838 to 182.

Note: America's Constitutional Republic was represented Thursday by air supremacy and diplomatic cooperation according to the rule of law while the soldiers of the Islamic caliphate dredged the sewers of humanity for murderous thugs, the vacuous losers who turn themselves into suicide bombers targeting civilians.

Advantage: the moral high-ground continues to be ours.

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