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| Iraq |
| Task Force âAll Americanâ for Dec. 1 |
| 2003-12-02 |
| During the past 24 hours, the 82nd Airborne Division and subordinate units have conducted three offensive operations, all cordon and searches. Soldiers also conducted 166 patrols, including six joint patrols with the Iraqi Border Guard and Iraqi police. During these operations 15 enemy personnel were captured. At Trebil on the Jordanian border, 119 personnel and seven vehicles were refused entry, because they did not have passports or valid documentation. You know, theyâre getting a hundred or more here every day. Busy border crossing. I wonder if theyâre detaining any? Civil affairs personnel met with the local leaders and police chiefs in Fallujah to discuss better ways to visually identify police forces operating in the area. All participants agreed that the 1900 police officers must be issued badges and that they will be required to wear them while conducting duties. Badge issuance should be complete within three weeks. Badges? We donât need no steenking badges! Oh, youâre shooting anyone without one? Hokay, gimme a badge. Division Civil Affairs teams completed renovations on three primary schools in the Al Tash area of Ar Ramadi and their actions will positively effect over 1500 students in the area. Elements continued working with UNICEF and local leaders in Ar Rutbah and are distributing approximately 30,000 textbooks for primary schools there. Already, 60% of the books have been circulated, and the teachers in the area are grateful that they are no longer required to teach the curriculum endorsed by the former regime. In addition, the Al Anbar trucking company began moving supplies for US forces. |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #3 Sam, yes they are vetting the schoolbooks. They haven't really had time to sort out the events from Gulf War I 'til now, so there is a big hole in Iraq's current history missing in the new books. But no more Hussein paeans and hopefully nothing anti-Western and/or anti-Semitic. The books have been slow to arrive because of the rewriting, but they will get distributed. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2003-12-2 12:36:19 PM |
| #2 . . . are less than friendly toward America and Israel and anyone who does not believe EXACTLY as they do. Sadly, the same can be said about some texts here in the States. You'd be surprised what passes for "history" sometimes. Thank you cowardly school boards. . . |
| Posted by: Doc8404 2003-12-2 12:34:12 PM |
| #1 Great work again!! But, is anyone vetting the school books? I seem to remember that some school books in Palestine are less than friendly toward America and Israel and anyone who does not believe EXACTLY as they do. |
| Posted by: SamIII 2003-12-2 11:07:40 AM |