Sometime on December 27, 2007, in a fierce gun battle in Al Kut, a milestone was reached.The 20,000 AIF [Anti Iraqi Forces] terrorist was killed by our troops.
In many ways that anonymous soul typifies the war as it is now being fought. He was a Shia, a member of al-Sayyid Muqtada al-SadrÂ’s Mahdi Army, one of the Shia militias. Number 20,000 was acting in defiance of Sadr's ceasefire order and was a member of a Special Groups cell. These cells are supplied, trained and armed by Iran.
He was killed by overwhelming firepower, in a futile battle that had no other outcome but loss.Terrorist Death Watch has all the numbers and the stories behind the numbers.
3,186 American troops havve lost their lives in defense of our freedoms and those of the Iraqi people.