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| Iraqi Army takes over in Diyala on Friday |
| 2005-10-28 |
| The Multi-National Forces declared Thursday that it will hand over on Friday the security mission in eastern Diyala province to the Iraqi army forces. A statement for the Multi-National Forces said that about 3,000 US soldiers from Task Force Liberty and the 278th Regimental Combat Team will conclude their mission tomorrow in eastern Diyala. The statement added that the security mission there will be handed over to the 1st Brigade of the Iraqi army's 5th Division in Diyala "because of their proven operational capabilities". This will he held during a ceremony on Forward Operating Base Caldwell. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #8 An especially big Thank You to the guys that trained them so well and so fast. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-10-28 19:16 |
| #7 Makes sense as the east is Iranian border.There are also Kurds in the area because the 278th has soldiers from my hometown and one that works with me told us he mixed with all 3 types. But,probably more Shiite and Kurd,Diyala is the "best" of the Sunni triangle province,we lost 10 soldiers from the regiment in 11 months,the Marines have lost TONS more in Anbar. |
| Posted by: Elmutle Elmick8130 2005-10-28 16:30 |
| #6 I think the eastern part of the province is mostly Shia and the western part is mostly Sunni. Am I remembering this correctly? |
| Posted by: mhw 2005-10-28 15:39 |
| #5 Oddly we had to read about this in the Kuwaiti press. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-10-28 11:07 |
| #4 "The right time for US forces to withdraw from Iraq will be when the Sunni Arabs no longer want them to go because they are so shit scared of what the Iraqi Army might do to them" an interesting point, Apostate. Im gonna think on it. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2005-10-28 10:16 |
| #3 great news, too good for MSM to devote much attention to which is always a good sign. |
| Posted by: Shep UK 2005-10-28 08:52 |
| #2 Amen Apostate. |
| Posted by: Another one 2005-10-28 05:35 |
| #1 Well done lads. This is real progress, given that the province has a small Sunni majority. The right time for US forces to withdraw from Iraq will be when the Sunni Arabs no longer want them to go because they are so shit scared of what the Iraqi Army might do to them. And there won't be any MSM fuckers in the country to report any abuses either. |
| Posted by: Apostate 2005-10-28 05:00 |