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| Iraq |
| Thursday in Iraq |
| 2007-06-08 |
| Just so you won't think our guys are just sitting around doing nothing except getting shot and blown up. News that won't make it into the New York Times. It was a busy day at the press office, though probably a pretty normal day in the field. IRAQI ARMY FORCES CAPTURE FOUR SUSPECTED AL-QAEDA TERRORISTS INI SAQLIMIYAH BAGHDAD - Iraqi Army Forces conducted an early morning intelligence driven operation on June 6 and captured four suspected al-Qaeda terrorists in Saqlimiyah. The targeted individuals are suspected of facilitating weapons transfers to and from Fallujah, Habbiniyah and areas south. IRAQI ARMY CAPTURES IED EMPLACERS, EQUIPMENT TAJI, Iraq - Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division captured four insurgents Monday near Mushahidah, just north of Baghdad. IA soldiers observed the insurgents attempting to emplace an improvised explosive device on the road between Mushahidah and Tarmiyah when they were captured. ISF SEIZE WEAPONS CACHE, RENDER AID TO CHILD BALAD - Iraqi Security Forces seized a cache containing more than 1,000 pounds of weapons and explosives and rendered lifesaving aid to a child during a recent convoy patrol in Western Iraq. IA, CF KILL 19 INSURGENTS NEAR BAQOUBA BAQOUBA, Iraq - A joint team of Iraqi and Coalition Forces used air and ground firepower to destroy anti-Iraqi forces operating in Kabat village, near Baqouba, June 5. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division and Company D., 1-12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, engaged and killed 19 AIF and wounded one other, after the AIF fired on the joint team with small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades from inside three buildings. SOLDIERS DETAIN SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS BAGHDAD - Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers and Iraqi Army Forces conducted a targeted raid and detained two suspected kidnappers June 6. IRAQI ARMY FORCES DETAIN TWO INSURGENT LEADERS, FIVE OTHER SUSPECTED INSURGENTS IN NORTHERN IRAQ BAGHDAD - Iraqi Army Forces conducted an early morning operation June 6 capturing two insurgent leaders linked to an al-Qaeda terrorist network in northern Iraq and detained five other suspected insurgents. The two insurgent leaders are accused of conducting multiple assassinations and improvised explosive device attacks on innocent civilians and Coalition Forces. CAR BOMB, EXPLOSIVES CACHE DESTROYED IN SOUTHERN BAGHDAD BAGHDAD - Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers, acting on a tip from a local Iraqi citizen, discovered and destroyed a car bomb and an explosives cache in southern Baghdad June 6. IA, CF DISCOVER CACHES WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF EXPLOSIVES BAQOUBA, Iraq - Iraqi army and Coalition Force Soldiers discovered caches containing large amounts of explosives and a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device northwest of Baqouba, June 4. Among the items found were nearly a dozen anti-tank mines, fire extinguishers containing homemade explosives, a Katyusha rocket, bomb making components and one vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. 16 SUSPECTED SECRET CELL TERRORISTS DETAINED BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi and Coalition Forces detained 16 suspected terrorists Thursday morning during raids in Sadr City. The individuals detained during the raid are believed to be members of the secret cell terrorist network known for facilitating the transport of weapons and explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, from Iran to Iraq, as well as bringing militants from Iraq to Iran for terrorist training. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #5 Redundant. Read all about this in the New York Times today. |
| Posted by: Punch Sulzberger! 2007-06-08 14:49 |
| #4 My next question would be - why are these pro-surge congress folks not taking these good reports to their press conferences and killing the media schmucks or the donks with them? I would. Use the hard facts and beat them down with it. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2007-06-08 12:07 |
| #3 John, that's exactly what I told Mrs. BH6 this a.m. while looking at the "news" over our morning cup of java. I am absolutely disgusted w/the U.S. media - we complete many positive things in the sand box on a daily basis and all these douche bags can report about is this bleach blonde skank whose not famous for anything other than whose womb she crawled out of. Paris Hilton brings nothing meaningful or positive to our culture if anything she is a negative factor imho. Overall, her existence on the planet pretty much impacts no one - what a waste of news time. Our country's fascination w/pop culture is sickening. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2007-06-08 12:05 |
| #2 Nonetheless, a fruitful day for the good guys. I am thinking that the water board pop quiz has been yielding a continuous flow of good intel. Then, the next shift rounds up a new group of characters, and repeats the proceedure. How do the donks conclude retreat at any cost when the plan is running so smoothly ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-06-08 11:13 |
| #1 The MSM is focused on important things such as whether or not the little spoiled twit Paris Hilton will go to jail and complete her jail diary memoirs which was cut short due to early release. She didn't even have time to form any "meaningful" relationships in jail. The Iraq success stories are just going to have to wait until we get this PH thing resolved. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-06-08 10:49 |