From: "Phil Payne" 

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> Balad Air Base, Iraq -- An MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle engaged
> three anti-Iraqi forces in the process of placing an improvised explosive
> device along a road near Balad Air Base yesterday evening.  The Predator
> launched an AGM-114 Hellfire missile against the group.
>
> The Predator monitored the three individuals for about half an hour while
> they used a pick ax to dig a hole in the road, placed an explosive round
> in the hole and strung wires from the hole to a ditch on the side of the
> road.  When it was clear the individuals were placing an IED, the Predator
> launched the 100-pound Hellfire missile, resulting in the deaths of all
> three insurgents.

He.  No real opportunity to offer a right to surrender, then?

It's an expensive way to deal with the situation, though.

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