Here is my take on how the media presents things. Below is a list of links to news stories. The first list is what I would expect the large media corporations to list or cover: Monday, 19 March 2007 Attack On Iraqi Army Post In Fallujah Sunday, 18 March 2007 Task Force Lightning Soldier dies in non-combat related incident Sunday, 18 March 2007 Improvised explosive device strikes MND-B patrol Sunday, 18 March 2007 Task Force Lightning Soldier dies in non-combat relat...

Two former Marines who now work for the DOD as web masters in Iraq have come up with a unique idea to try and get information in the form of videos from the military out to the general public. Erick Barnes and Brent Walker are the webmasters for the Operation Iraqi Freedom web site (http://www.mnf-iraq.com/). They are civilian employees of the Department of Defense. They came up with the idea to use the popularity of current video web site YouTube to spread the word about what’s ...

The Department of defense, Multi-National Force - Iraq has decided to use the power of the Internet to get its word out. In an effort to share the news and videos that many have not had access to, MNF-I has created its own YouTube Channel. Problem is no one knows about it yet. Having been on only since March 7th, they only have 50 subscribers so far, but slightly over 2000 page views. While not a record by any means, it is a start. What a fantastic idea. If the MNF-I has the sucess that some of...

Here are a few of the "good news" stories you ill not hea about on the news. There is much more going on in the war han you are told. Theseare a few examples, all from today. IED emplacers killed in Mosul Thursday, 15 March 2007 , MOSUL, Iraq – Coalition soldiers engaged and killed terroris who were in the act of putting an explosive in the roadway on Monday.    Coalition soldiers observed two men digging a hole, placing explosives in the...

Are we facing a new and increasing type of criminal/ terrorist act? Is there reason for concern of the general public at large? Should we begin to prepare ourselves for the possibility of bigger and more spectacular attacks? When Sulejmen Talovic entered the Trolley Square mall in Salt Lake City Monday night with a shotgun, a pistol, and a backpack full of ammunition, he intended to “kill a large number of people,” according to Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank. Talovic kille...

A good days work...but you won't hear about it.. March 9th, 2007, BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition Forces killed one terrorist and captured 16 suspected terrorists including an alleged al-Qaeda media emir during raids Friday morning throughout Iraq. In Mosul, Coalition Forces captured an al-Qaeda related suspect known as “The Butcher” who is allegedly responsible for numerous kidnappings, beheadings, and suicide operations in the Ramadi and Mosul areas.  Coalition Forces captu...

Thursday, 01 March 2007 Helicopter makes hard landing Thursday, 01 March 2007 Troops attacked in Al-Anbar Thursday, 01 March 2007 4th Brigade, 1st Infantry Division begins mission in Iraq Thursday, 01 March 2007 THREE TERRORISTS KILLED, 16 OTHERS DETAINED IN OPERATIONS Thursday, 01 March 2007 CCCI convicts 10 insurgents Wednesday, 28 February 2007 Hostages freed by paratroopers, weapons cache secured Wednesday, 28 February 2007 Eight Terrori...

MAALEF, Iraq – Based on information gathered from a source, soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division, supported by Soldiers from the 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, uncovered a cache of illegal weapons Feb. 26 near the village of Maalef. The cache was buried in various plastic containers and refrigerators arrayed in a 200 meter radius circle and contained the following: • Eight anti-personnel landmines • 14 mortar tubes of various sizes to ...

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 ...