Gee I hope Allah has those 7632 virgins all ready to go. But seriously, do you still get the virgins for getting your ass handed to you?

Via MNF- Iraq: RAMADI, Iraq – At least 23 insurgents were killed in fighting 4 kilometers south of Ramadi on Jazzera al Humar (Donkey Island) along the Nassar Canal June 30 and July 1.

Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces received reports that a significant number of anti-Iraqi forces had gathered on the outskirts of Ramadi to stage a series of large scale attacks. The group, affiliated with al Qaeda in Iraq, intended to regain a base of operations in Al Anbar with suicide car and vest bomb attacks.

The battle began at approximately 9:20 p.m. Saturday when Coalition Forces were attacked with small arms fire from two trucks near their position. U.S. Soldiers returned fire and pursued the fleeing attackers with the help of Army AH-64A Apache helicopter gun ships, Marine F-18 Hornet and AV-8B Harrier fighter jets.

Via Monsters and Critics: Kabul - Afghan and coalition forces killed at least 50 suspected Taliban in the infamous Tora Bora area of eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border, while 33 other rebels were killed in the southern region, officials said Tuesday.

The joint operation by Afghan and coalition forces started in Zirlan Tangi in the Tora Bora area of eastern Nangarhar province Monday morning and at least 50 suspected militants were killed in airstrikes and by ground forces, Noor Agha Zowak, the provincial spokesman for Nangarhar governor told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

Hat Tip: The Fourth Rail.

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