Israel Takes Out Jihad Leader Responsible for Killing 5 U.S. Soldiers

This is how you deal with Islamic terrorists.

The 2007 kidnapping and killing of American soldiers in Karbala was one of the more disturbingly effective attacks of the Iraq War.

It was late afternoon in the government compound in Karbala, Iraq. In a moment of respite from the war, American Pfc. Johnathon Millican was instant-messaging with his wife back in Anchorage, Alaska, where a snowy day was just beginning. A U.S. soldier at the next desk was on his laptop too, watching his son on a video camera back home. Three other soldiers were in the room, relaxing or sleeping. A captain and a lieutenant were in the room next door.

As Millican, 20, tapped away on his keyboard, a fleet of SUVs was racing toward the compound: two or three Suburbans, a black Chevy Tahoe or two, and at least three white Toyotas. The Suburbans had big cylindrical antennas on their front bumpers, the kind that jam the signals used to trigger roadside bombs. And, like contractor and U.S. Army vehicles, there were placards in the rear windows, warning motorists in English and Arabic to stay back 100 meters.

The men inside were dressed in U.S. Army camouflage and carried American weapons. They knew enough English to bark simple commands and offer polite greetings. They knew exactly how the U.S. soldiers would defend the compound. They knew that the compound’s most important room was the command and control center _ with its radio base stations _ and they knew that at 6 p.m., the soldiers in the room would be off guard and relaxing. They even knew that the two most senior American officers in Karbala would be in the room next door.

Four American soldiers were kidnapped and later killed when the pursuit got two close. Another, Millican, was killed jumping on a grenade during the attack itself to protect his comrades. The plan had originally been to smuggle the hostages into Iran.

The US and the UK captured Ali Musa Daqduq later that year and then, even though Iraqi government officials and police had provided the inside information that made the attack possible, did little with him and then finally turned the Hezbollah terrorist over to the Iraqis under Obama.

And the Iraqis let him go.

We designated him as a top terrorist. And we’ve had rewards out for

Since Oct 7, the Hezbollah terrorist had been operating on Israel’s borders. A year later, he was reportedly killed, but apparently survived, now he’s actually gone.

These are the names of the American soldiers murdered in the Karbala attack:

Jacob N. Fritz – First Lieutenant (1LT)
Shawn P. Falter – Private First Class (PFC)
Johnathon M. Millican – Private (PVT)
Jonathan D. Chism – Specialist (SPC)
Brian S. Freeman – Captain (CPT), who was killed during the initial assault on the compound.

Their families have now received delayed justice, apparently as a result of an Israeli Air Force strike.

Justice delayed, but ultimately not denied. This is how you deal with Islamic terrorists.

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