In his struggle to figure out and foil the U.S. invasion plan as it was unfolding in late March and early April 2003, Saddam Hussein may have fielded a few tips from an old ally: the Russian government. But it seems possible the Russians' help created more confusion than clarity for the former Iraqi leader. As described in a lengthy report released Friday at the Pentagon, Iraqi documents captured by U.S. troops say the Russians collected information about U.S. troop movements and battle p...

NEWLY released documents seized in Iraq immediately after the American invasion in 2003 point to the presence of Al-Qaeda members in the country before the war and moves to hide traces of “chemical or biological materials” from United Nations weapons inspectors. The documents were posted on the internet as part of a rolling program by the US government to make public the contents of 48,000 boxes of untranslated papers and tapes relating to the workings of Saddam Hussein’s regime. Saddam is s...

KIRKUK, Iraq – Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division are conducting combined offensive operations in and around Kirkuk March 24, simultaneously searching five villages in the region for suspected terrorists.        The operation is being supported by 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.        Operation Scorpion began at 4 a.m. with Soldiers from 1st and 5th battalions of the Iraqi Army’s 2nd Brigade systematica...

On Thursday, as U.S.-led coalition forces launched the largest air assault since the invasion of Iraq nearly three years ago, officials from the Bush administration fended off reporters' assertions that the main goal of "Operation Swarmer" was political, not military, in nature. During a White House briefing, David Gregory, chief White House correspondent for NBC News, pressed White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan to admit that the air raid in northern Iraq was actually intended to boo...

Of course you did not hear of this anywhere on the MSM. Wonder why?? March 14, 2006 – U.S. soldiers detained 16 terrorists and found two weapons caches in several operations throughout Iraq yesterday, and terrorists targeted a mosque in Baghdad in a rocket attack the same day, military officials in Iraq reported. Soldiers from Multinational Division Baghdad's 8th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, detained four terrorist suspects...

Wednesday, March 15, 2006 KIRKUK, Iraq – In the past two days, Bastogne Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 101st Airborne Division, have detained several insurgents and confiscated a large cache filled with materials used in the construction of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) as result of combined efforts with Iraqi Security Forces.   After receiving information on a possible fake identification workstation, Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry R...

  Iraqi and Coalition Forces conduct joint operation BAGHDAD — Iraqi and Coalition Forces detained eight suspects in a joint operation March 11. The detainees are suspected of kidnapping, car bomb manufacturing and fi nancing and supporting terrorists. Of the eight suspects detained during the Iraqi led operation, four were detained at the Al Khayr Mosque Complex which had been identifi ed as a possible Al Qaeda safe h...

First thanks to Evorg for leading me to this, its great stuff!! BAGHDAD — A retired government official who was kidnapped more than three days ago and beaten was rescued from captivity in dramatic fashion Monday by a little-known unit of Iraqi army counterterrorism soldiers trained by and modeled after the U.S. special operations forces. The hostage, who was not identified by name, was found shackled to a steel bed in a dilapidated apartment building just east of Taji, about an ...

First let me preface this with this statement. I love my country and ever ything it stands for. I served in the US Army and was disabled because of it. I have served as a police officer for 26 years and still going. I love what my country is and what it stands for and its people (all of them) I have and will be willing to give everything for it... but..... My Government, in the supposed name of whatever has basically committed that which my country is supposed to be so adamantly oppo...

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition and Iraqi forces captured a leading insurgent terrorist Dec. 27, and he is believed to be responsible for many Iraqi and Coalition Forces’ deaths, assassinations as well as assassination attempts on government officials and intimidation of Iraqi citizens.  Ramsi Ahmed Ismael Muhammed, aka Abu Qatada, was apprehended in a raid on his home in southern Baghdad.  He was found hiding in a nearby canal.   Since his capture, Abu Qatada has provided critica...

Stop the insanity!!!   Stop the mis-information!!!   Stop suffering for LOI (Lack of Information!!!)   That’s it, I have to stop the insanity. The next time I hear the news or radio say “We are selling control of our ports”, or “We are selling our ports to…” I think I may just have to shoot my TV or Radio to end the insanity of it all.   Once and for all WE ARE NOT SELLING OUR PORTS OR CONTROL OF OUR PORTS! ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Soldiers from Multi-National Division – Baghdad’s 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, detained four suspected terrorists west of Baghdad after acting on a local national’s tip Feb. 22.   The four suspects are believed to be involved in a cell that makes and emplaces roadside bombs.   Elsewhere, two Iraqi soldiers and two civilians were injured Feb. 22 when a roadside bomb detonated in the vicinity of Al Haswah at ...

KIRKUK, Iraq – During a joint cordon and search with Soldiers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) yesterday, Police Officers from the Kirkuk Emergency Support Unit (ESU) captured a reported member of the Ansar Al Sunna taqfiri organization, and seven other suspects. Abu Abdallah, a suspected member of Ansar Al Sunna, is linked to attacks on Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) in the Kirkuk area, and may have actually emplaced the IEDs for these attacks himself. A...

Shoot to hurt, pol urges cops BY JOE MAHONEY DAILY NEWS ALBANY BUREAU CHIEF Thursday, February 23rd, 2006 ALBANY - Sen. David Paterson is pushing a bill that would require cops to shoot to wound, rather than using deadly force - drawing outrage from officers. (Wonder if he has ever tried to shoot a bad guy trying to harm or kill someone else?) The bill also would create a new provision for second-degree manslaughter that would be reserved specifically for an officer who "use...

WASHINGTON - Iraqi and U.S. forces conducted raids on two targets in Iraq's Diyala province and a raid west of Baghdad that netted a total of 106 individuals and a weapons cache, Multinational Force Iraq officials said. The 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, advised by U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers, conducted assaults on two targets Feb. 12 in Diyala. The troops detained 102 persons of interest - 25 were on the Iraqi security forces "most wanted" list. They also kill...