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...
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait, Feb. 16, 2007 — Twenty-seven service members representing 17 different countries raised their right hand to recite the oath of Allegiance to the United States of America during a recent naturalization ceremony. "We were born American citizens, these young men and women were not and the fact that they are choosing America to be a citizen in is truly inspirational," Lt. Gen. R. Steven Whitcomb, commanding general, Third Army, U.S. Army Central Command. ...
Asteroid collision course sends UN into frenzy By Alex Zaharov-Reutt Tuesday, 20 February 2007 The possibility that an asteroid will strike the Earth on Sunday, April 13 2036 has reverberated across the globe, with the world’s citizens wondering what anyone is doing about it with the UN at least two years away from version 1 of an anti asteroid plan. Is an asteroid really coming to hit the Earth and cause...
Feb. 19, 2007 - Iraqi and coalition forces captured 61 suspected terrorists, destroyed five improvised explosive devices and seized several weapons caches during operations across Iraq in the past four days. Today, special Iraqi army forces, along with coalition forces, destroyed a car rigged with an explosive device and captured seven suspected terrorists during a raid targeting foreign fighters east of Tikrit. Forces found the car bomb during a search for a suspected terrorist with ti...
OK I think I have heard it all now. The TV Show "24" is causing torture. From http://www.c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070211/FRONT01/70211013 The advocacy group Human Rights First says there’s been a startling increase in the number of torture scenes depicted on prime-time television in the post-2001 world. OK OK my response to this is no S%$T. Since that is a hot topic and many of the shows today are about the post 9/11 world. Since they are saying that TV can influence rea...
This is a prime example of how the MSM is attempting to(and doing a good job) sway the public view of this war, now by falsely stating what people are saying or using it out of context. You will never hear about this on the MSM because they know they lie just to make their point!! http://www.mrc.org/cyberalerts/2007/cyb20070212.asp#1 NBC's Engel with Troops: 'All Told Me It's Time to End This War' Making up for advancing the view that soldier...
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...
By Fred W. Baker III American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2007 - Testing for some of the systems slated for the first "spin out" of the Army's Future Combat Systems program has gone well, except for one minor glitch: the soldiers testing them don't want to give the prototypes back. "They won't give me back my stuff," joked Army Maj. Gen. Charles A. Cartwright, program manager for the Future Combat Systems Brigade Combat Team, as he briefed reporters on the progress of th...
OK OK I am tired of hearing about the "illegal", "improper", or otherwise wrongly convicted Border Patrol Agents that were convicted by a jury in a court of law of having violated several laws. I am tired of people that seem to confuse the issue of Border Security and the actions of two Border Patrol Agents. This conviction in no way affects the other Border Patrol Agents. I have heard several people who are advocating the release or pardon or freeing of these agents say that this ...
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 ...
Always an uplifting read, a hero's story.. If you like this one let me know I have more.. Jan. 12, 2007; Submitted on: 01/12/2007 02:56:20 PM ; Story ID#: 2007112145620 By Gunnery Sgt. Demetrio J. Espinosa , 24th MEU MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Jan. 12, 2007) -- Acting boldly in the face of adversity is something all Marines are taught. Against an enemy loath to engage Americans directly, few Marines get to test their mettle in combat and fewer s...
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...
Sector Overview: Current Status –Final Effects 3 * GRD-PCO Contribution (does not include impact of other agencies’projects unless stated otherwise) Source: Multiple GRD-PCO Management Reports Infrastructure SectorCurrent Progress Final Effects Electricity 1,420 MW capacity added*Increased power generation to 1.3 million homes*Improved Electricity Distributionto approximately 372K Homes*Hours of Power: 7.5 Iraq, 4.5 Baghdad (last week average)1,...