Tetracide
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American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2005 - Iraqi special operations forces, Iraqi army soldiers and U.S. Marines from Regimental Combat Team 2 concluded Operation Quick Strike today.
American and Iraqi forces had teamed up to sweep the Haditha, Haqliniyah and Barwanah areas in recent few days as a part of a joint operation interdicting foreign and domestic terrorists' presence and networks, and collecting intelligence.
Quick Strike netted 36 suspected terrorists for questioning, officials said.
"This is another operation, similar to those conducted before, that has disrupted the insurgents' ability to operate freely in the western Al Anbar region," said Col. Stephen W. Davis, commanding officer, Regimental Combat Team 2. "The intelligence collected throughout this operation will enable us to better assist the citizens of western Al Anbar in their quest to participate in the upcoming referendum."
Nine car bombs were discovered. Three were identified by a local citizen, and the remaining six were discovered in an assembly garage used for rigging vehicles with explosives for insurgents to attack Iraqi civilians and military targets. And 28 improvised bombs were discovered during the operation. Most were planted as roadside bombs; others were rigged to destroy entire buildings.
(From a 2nd U.S. Marine Division news release.)
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:applaud Good job on the collaborative effort in getting these before they went off!Nine car bombs were discovered. Three were identified by a local citizen, and the remaining six were discovered in an assembly garage used for rigging vehicles with explosives for insurgents to attack Iraqi civilians and military targets. And 28 improvised bombs were discovered during the operation. Most were planted as roadside bombs; others were rigged to destroy entire buildings.
Tetracide said:Depriving the insurgents of not only material (weapons, safe heavens) but also moral. A big round of applause for the good guys!
Ditto!:applaudshuamort said:This is the part that I find amazing:
:applaud Good job on the collaborative effort in getting these before they went off!
Stinger said:Great news, the kind that should be on the front page of every paper and a lead story on every news broadcast. I have a son over there now and another graduating 9/2 from Parris Island. We need to get 'er done, but done right.
saveChief said:While such an effort and results are quite laudable, the issue still remains that one day the people NATIVE to Iraq are going to have to be able to police themselves and their own country. The United States (I will not single out President Bush as much as i would love to do so--democrats and republicans lined up behind him to go to war) obviously has again proven case in point that imperialistic actions cannot hold water in the modern world.
On another note, "eradicate them"???? Why not just ship the whole country off to the gas chamber, that'll show them (sarcastic). In this country when a death row inmate is found postmortem to have been innocent, there is great clamour over the "critical flaws in the system". How can we not apply similar principles to others? There is no such easy way out of the predicament that our military has dug for itself in the middle east. Obviously you cannot empathize at all with the civillians who have to LIVE in those areas and who want an end to the strife more than any of us can begin to understand.
Stinger said:Great news, the kind that should be on the front page of every paper and a lead story on every news broadcast. I have a son over there now and another graduating 9/2 from Parris Island. We need to get 'er done, but done right.
Napoleon's Nightingale said:In this case I believe that the ends justify the means. The buisness of this country is OUR buisness not the affairs of state of a foreign nation. It's simple not to apply similar principles because it's NOT our country. The Iraqi government should have taken over long ago. If the civilians want an end to it then they should fight against it themselves instead of hoping and expecting someone else to babysit for them. We're coddling them..period and we're paying for it with lives. Sitting around hoping for the pieces to magically fall into place in a region which has never experianced this form of government, which I might add is opposed by the majority of the Iraqi population, is ridiculous. The Sunis comprise the majority of the population in Iraq and they do not want a democracy they want an Islamic state. We're shoving a form of government which is not wanted down their throats and this is the price we pay.
Deegan said:Errr, sir, the Sunni's are the minority, you have just made yourself look a fool, thus forcing me to disregard your opinion. Try doing some research, then come back and try again, I am willing to give you another chance to make sense.
GySgt said:"The Sunni's make up 58% of the population. It's a new study done by a humanitarian organization. I suggest you do your research."
That is interesting and brings up an interesting theory. I know their are people crossing the border into Iraq because of the opportunities that the new Iraq might provide for them, but I wonder what sect is making up the majority of them (Sunni?) and I wonder if the refugee number is becoming greater. More so, after the Iraqi government takes over complete charge of their country, will the militaries of other countries park on their borders to prevent their people from going to Iraq to become a part of a true democratic nation? The spread of democracy will be what sees terrorism to it's end. The future will tell.
GySgt said:If it fails it will be because they allow the fundamentalists take control of them after we leave. I don't think it will be because of economy. That country is very wealthy with oil. Unlike the rest of their Islamic middle eastern world, they need to move on from being oppressive and spread it and not horde it.
GySgt said:Of course the majority want an Islamic state, but the majority also want a more democratic state where all are equal. It is only the most fundamental Sunni and their insurgent "friends" that wish Sunni Arab control like they had and like the rest of the Middle East. (I think we should have smashed off the Syrian Government while we had the chance.)
Either way...time will tell.
I'd like it if you'd expand on that, if you would please.Napoleon's Nightingale said:You cannot have an Islamic democratic state.. :lol: thats the point..they're fundamental principles are contradict eachother.
Napoleon's Nightingale said:You cannot have an Islamic democratic state.. :lol: thats the point..they're fundamental principles are contradict eachother.
cnredd said:When did they take Turkey off of the map?
Really, so the US wasn't a democracy* when it was founded because we didn't allow women to vote?Napoleon's Nightingale said:If you had ever studied Islam you would know that it is umpossible to have an Islamic democratic state. Turkey isn't democratic..their women do not have equal rights etc etc
shuamort said:Really, so the US wasn't a democracy* when it was founded because we didn't allow women to vote?
*(constitutional republic for accuracy, just like turkey/iraq)
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