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| 'Concerned Local Citizens' have a new name | |
| 2008-02-08 | |
Local Iraqi Police were given the information from Sons of Iraq (formerly known as Concerned Local Citizens). The Soldiers of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, quickly responded from Patrol Base Olsen in Samarra. Coalition Forces arrived at the prison site and found two men inside the buried container. The hostages, both from Yethrib Village near Balad, had been taken from a gas station along with a fuel truck by men in black masks. "The two individuals told us they were taken because their station didnt pay Al Qaeda extremist," said 1st Lt. Todd Baldwin, Company C, 2-327th. The two men were malnourished and dehydrated, but showed no signs of torture. They were able to move freely inside the container. After receiving medical attention at Forward Operating Base Brassfield-Mora near Samarra, the men were questioned. They said, while in captivity, there were up to nine other people held prisoner. The two men didnt know what happened to the others, but mentioned five of them were from a Sons of Iraq group in Bayji. The informant, who led Coalition Forces to the underground prison, also led Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces to another location where an empty storage container was buried. It is believed to be an old weapons cache. "Iraqi Police and Sons of Iraq were the driving forces in the rescue of the two men," said Baldwin. "They provided the human intelligence for us to conduct the rescue operation." | |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #12 I'm a member of Sons of Norway. We're, at worst, a lefse gang. Ya, wouldn't ya know, me too. But to be really in ya gotta dance with the white jelly lutefisk :) Don't know bout the name. Daughters of the Revolution comes to mind. Ether way, bet they are proud to fight for their nation, tribe what have you. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2008-02-08 17:58 |
| #11 I'm a member of Sons of Norway. We're, at worst, a lefse gang. So, the rumors that they're heavily involved in the lutfisk smuggling trade aren't true? |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2008-02-08 15:49 |
| #10 Sons of Iraq sounds like something they came up with themselves. That sounds like it would be their name for themselves. Concerned Local Citizens sounds like something the military came up with to give them a name before they actually gave themselves one. More like a description than a name. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2008-02-08 14:09 |
| #9 Don't knock it. The "Sons of Iraq" sound a lot like the "Sons of Liberty" that helped win our Revolutionary War. I've proposed a new organization here - the North American Militia, dedicated to preserving freedom of the individual, open to all citizens of all nations between the Isthmus of Panama and the North Pole. THAT would certainly shake things up here, just as the Sons of Iraq are shaking things up in Iraq. Good on 'em, and go for it! |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-02-08 13:05 |
| #8 Jeez, who comes up with these names? Both names are pretty stupid. Sort of like the Sons of Liberty? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-02-08 12:46 |
| #7 So!! The sons of Iraq will go after Bin Ladin's sons of a rat. I like it, as long as the rats are good and dead. |
| Posted by: Tholush Squank4616 2008-02-08 12:40 |
| #6 Uffda, Thoth Sproing! I'm a member of Sons of Norway. We're, at worst, a lefse gang. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2008-02-08 10:34 |
| #5 Names don't play the same way across cultures. We take it for granted, but in Samarra a name like Sons of Iraq has resonance -- it indicates a national allegiance, which is exactly what AQI does not want unless they control the nation. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-02-08 09:51 |
| #4 How about "second Amendment Brothers"? |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-02-08 09:07 |
| #3 Ima thinking a Mesopotamian Swing band. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-02-08 06:51 |
| #2 Sons of Iraq Sounds like a biker gang. |
| Posted by: Thoth Sproing5957 2008-02-08 06:42 |
| #1 Jeez, who comes up with these names? Both names are pretty stupid. |
| Posted by: gromky 2008-02-08 01:34 |