Feb. 28, 2007 - The United States should approach the global war on terrorism as it would an insurgency, a senior military official said today at the 18th annual Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict Symposium here. "If we look at is as terrorism, we have a tendency to think that the solution is to kill or capture all the terrorists. That's a never-ending process," Army Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin, undersecretary of defense for intelligence and warfighting support, said. "We'll n...
Feb. 14, 2007 - Coalition forces killed 15 terrorists and detained 44 others in operations around Iraq over the past two days. During operations targeting al Qaeda terrorists and an associated improvised explosive device network in Arab Jabour today, coalition forces killed an estimated 15 terrorists and prevented two IEDs from being emplaced. Coalition forces received enemy fire on the ground and from a fortified building in the area during the operation. Determining the targets too ho...
Information gathered from: RELEASE No. 20070209-05 Feb. 9, 2007 Coalition Forces stop insurgent attacks in northern Iraq Multi-National Division – North PAO TIKRIT, Iraq – Coalition Forces conducting routine patrols in several different areas near Tikrit, observed several terrorist teams while they were attempting to emplace roadside bombs in Salah ad Din and Diyala provinces on Feb. 5. Coa...
BUILDING HOUSING SUSPECTED TERRORISTS HIT IN AIR STRIKE NEAR ARAB JABOUR BAGHDAD – Coalition Forces conducted an air strike Wednesday targeting an al-Qaida in Iraq-related vehicle-borne improvised explosives devices network near Arab Jabour. Intelligence reports indicated that this network is responsible for a large and devastating number of VBIED attacks in the Baghdad area. They are also responsible for IED and sniper attacks conducted against the Iraqi people and Iraqi ...
IA Captures foreign fighter facilitator Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO BAGHDAD – Soldiers of the 7th Iraqi Army Division captured a suspected foreign fighter facilitator during operations with Coalition advisers Feb. 6 in the Al Qaim region, near the Syrian boarder. The suspect is alleged to be gathering information about Iraqi Forces and Coalition Forces operations and providing it to foreign fighters. The man is also suspected of harboring foreign fighters in Iraq while they ...
My comments are in italics and underlined. I've been mulling over an NBC Nightly News report from Iraq last Friday in which a number of soldiers expressed frustration with opposition to war in the United States . (lets me guess, if there was national attention to what you were doing, and how many people misunderstand what it is you are doing and how you do it, you would not be a little miffed?) I'm sure the soldiers were expressing a majority opinion common amongs...
By Sgt. Armando Monroig 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment BALAD RUZ, Iraq -- The U.S. Army concluded a massive, nine-day assault Jan. 13, centered on a series of small villages in the Diyala province that for the past 18 months had been used as a safe haven for insurgents. During the operation, Soldiers from the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment Reconnaissance, 82nd Airborne Division, killed more than 100 insurgents and detained 54 suspected of involvement with terrorism activities ...
School children line the street to honor a young Marinegoing to his final resting place.. I received this e-mail today. I felt humbled and proud. It was extra special as today is my birthday. What a nice birthday present from a friend. The e-mail speaks of a young Marine who gave the ultimate sacrifice for us. And of the love and respect given him by others, especially the Sheriff of Leon County Florida, Sheriff Campbell. It was an honorable and special thing he did. As a 26+ year ve...
What the Terrorists Forgot A couple weeks ago we were all thinking about where we were on September 11th. Personally, I was inbound to Reagan National Airport in Washington D.C. on an early flight. The flight would be diverted and it would be 6 hours before I would be able to get in touch with my family. It would take me almost another 24 hours to get home from the airport I was diverted to. In the years following the attack on the two Towers and the Pentagon, there's been many theori...
Untold Good News From Iraq - Prior to Saddam Hussein’s oppressive regime, Iraq was the second richest country in the Persian Gulf region. However, after 30 years of willful neglect and treasury-draining regional wars, Iraq’s once modern infrastructure lay in ruin. For the past three years solid progress has been made to rebuild Iraq’s critical infrastructure. All of Iraq’s industrial sectors—oil, water, electrical power, education, agriculture, buildings and facilities, and security—have...
09/29/06 BAGHDAD - Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers killed four terrorists, detained seven and confiscated six AK-47 assault rifles Wednesday after responding to a small-arms fire attack at a sewage treatment plant in Doura. The Soldiers arrived at the treatment plant and observed Iraqi National Police exchanging small-arms fire with terrorists located in a nearby palm grove. The policemen and MND-B Soldiers cordoned off the palm grove and cleared the area, killing four terro...
OK, I have a real problem here. I have been hearing since yesterday that a report from the Intelligence agencies say the War in Iraq has made terrorism worse instead of better. This was picked up of course by the anti-war groups and Left and hailed as proof positive that the Bush Administration has made yet another mistake. I have one question to ask though. If this is a classified report, that means secret. Who is crying about the leaking of the classified document? Who leaked it ...
Reports are flying that Osama Bin Laden is dead. Here are just some.. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=147094 http://www.guardian.co.uk/Observer/world/story/0,,1879905,00.html http://www.bloggernews.net/2006/09/osamas-possible-demise.html http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=942 Thats just to name a few. I would have to say I rather he die this way then be killed or captured by our military. Why? Because it prevents him from being a marytr. ...
Here is a timeline I read now and then to remind myslef, we are in a fight for civilization and our very way of life.. A suicide bomb attack in southern Afghanistan (September 18, 2006) killed at least four NATO soldiers and injured many other people, including children. The attack in volatile Kandahar province, claimed by the Taleban, comes a day after NATO said it had successfully completed a major anti-Taleban operation in the area. Hostages Found and Freed in Baghdad (March 2...
Ok I know I have said this before, but now that the media have become so hungry for bad news, when something really good comes down, they pass it over on purpose because even a small victory would be harmful to the media contrived Iraq that so many have come to see. Here is a story that should have made headlines across the nation. "Killer of 31 Americans captured!" Now thats the kind of headlines I like to see. Or maybe "Sniper of 31 soldiers caught by Iraqi Police! But no sadly you will ...