The mainstream media told me this is all a lie. This is not happening and you should not believe a word ot it......... ya right. Dec. 29, 2005 – The Iraqi security forces' capability has increased while insurgent capability has diminished over the past year, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman said at a news briefing in Baghdad today. " In just 12 months, we have seen the Iraqi security forces increase 77 percent to a total now that numbers more than 223,000 ," Air Force Brig. Gen...
Well I did it. I was able get a couple of good plugs in for JU while I was a guest host on a local radio sattion here in North Central Florida. I even got my blog plugged and saw a jump in visits to the site! LOL That was cheap and shameless but hey it was a lot of fun!! I was the guest host for the 3-6 time slot ona show called the Drive Time Happy Hour, on 97.3 FM Link , The Sky Radio. And I have to say I had a blast!!! Anyway we got a good plug in for Joe User.
Hmmm wonder is this a trend or nothing? I think it depends on how you want to look at it. Does this show a true decline in the attacks, and things are getting better? You will never hear this reported int he news, I bet ya an Iraqi Terrorsit that you won't.
Dec. 28, 2005 – Task Force Band of Brothers soldiers disrupted two terrorist bombing operations yesterday in Baqubah, a city about 20 miles north of Baghdad, killing two terrorists and detaining another at a new checkpoint, U.S. military officials in Baghdad reported. Just before noon, soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team stopped a suspicious car and detained the driver after discovering the vehicle was being prepared as a car bomb. An explosives ordnance d...
Iraqi Troops Detain Six Suspects, Capture Weapons THAT READS IRAQI TROOPS Dec. 29, 2005 – Iraqi soldiers captured six suspected terrorists and seized weapons in raids over the last two days, Multinational Security Transition Command officials reported. Troops from 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division, apprehended four men in Ramadi today after the men ran from the scene of a roadside bomb attack on a U.S. tank. A search of the area yielded wire consistent with wire ...
TIKRIT, Iraq – Seven terrorists were killed in two failed attacks Dec. 24 in Salah Ad Din province. Police in Samarra responded to an explosion and discovered the bodies of three unidentified men. The men were attempting to fire an 82-mm mortar at an unknown target when the round detonated prematurely. A fourth terrorist was taken to a local medical facility, but died from his injuries while attempting to escape. A short time later, a patrol from the 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade ...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A local national identified a home in east Baghdad that was being used as a factory to make improvised rocket-launchers. At about 6:30 p.m. elements of 3rd squadron, 7th Cavalry, raided the home and discovered 15 rocket-launchers were in the process of being built and one 57 millimeter rocket was competed and ready to be fired. No one was present in the home at the time of the raid. “It is encouraging that the Iraqi citizens are continuing to choose the side of the new...
BAGHDAD, Iraq – In a joint press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, Minister of the Interior, US Ambassador Khalilzad, and General George Casey, Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq, the U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld Dec. 23 announced the decision to not deploy to Iraq Soldiers assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division as well as Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division. The 1/1 ID, based out of Fort Riley, Kansas, was original...
OK for those of you who say nothing good is coming out of Iraq, your blind deaf and dumb, or our troops are doing nothing and the Iraqi people hate them, your stupid and refuse to listen to those that have been there, here are few facts you may not be aware of, (because you have to look for it since no media will print it), now these numbers are as of June 2005, so some are actually larger like the number of trained and equipped military. So for all you non-believers out there get ready to ha...
I got an e-mail today from one of my former students and thought I would share some of it with you all.. it tells the story better than I can.. Commander(Chris)Wagoner, Hey sir long time no talk and all. In case you can't recall from the e-mail address, I'm Steve Kane BRC #82, and I also had Criminalistics with you at Santa Fe's main campus. Anyways, it has been a while and I wanted to see how you were doing. I assume you're still at the academy and all, and I hope things are going wel...
OK I am going to lay it one the line so to say here so get ready!!! With the Iraqi elections over, and a huge turn out of voters, even the Sunni’s, that some polling places had to stay open late, add ballots, and get help for transporting so many votes. (I only wish the U.S. Voters were like that, but that’s another story), and a steady DECLINE ( Link ) in attacks on U.S. and Coalition forces, and a marked DECREASE ( Link ) in attacks on Iraqis and an INCREASE ( Link ) of Iraqi citize...
TIKRIT, Iraq – One terrorist was killed and another severely injured when the improvised explosive device they were attempting to emplace detonated prematurely. The incident occurred Dec. 19, near the city of Tikrit. Tikrit police and Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team responded to the explosion. The police officers performed first-aid on the injured bomber, who was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. The IED was composed of a 155 mm artillery shell ...
CAMPADDER — Soldiers of Georgia’s 48th Brigade Combat Team and of Texas’ 56th Brigade Combat Team created a legacy that reflected their southern hospitality. The National Guard Soldiers and the people of the Al Gazi Tribe opened an international market outside Camp Adder – Talil that is the first independent market to open in the area since the fall of Saddam, said Al Gazi tribal chieftain, Sheik Ali Al Manshad. “I am confident that this will be a continuation of the cooperation experienc...
Dec. 18, 2005 – As Iraq progresses militarily and democratically, citizens there are stepping forward to inform indigenous and coalition forces of terrorist operations and covert weapons caches, Multinational Force Iraq officials reported today. Iraqi citizens sometimes even are apprehending suspected terrorists themselves, officials noted. For example, on Dec. 17, a group of Iraqi citizens near Kirkuk, in northern Iraq, captured two suspected terrorists who were observed digging up a weapo...
Before the elections in Iraq many in the press and so called experts predicted an increase in the attacks on the coalition and Iraqi people and troops. Well they may want to reconsider a different job other than being reporters and experts. From October to November in the Al Anbar province there was a 43% DECLINE in the number of attacks. Now if that does not seem enough to convince you that many of the reporters that predicted those increases may have been in error, how about that in the...