Good News From Iraq
SSGT. DRAGONSLAYER of the United States Marine Corps completed his 2nd deployment in Iraq and is now home, safe and sound.
Here is the welcome home sign I made for him.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Good News From The War On Terror 9/23
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces detained a suspected criminal weapons smuggler during an intelligence driven operation Sept. 21 in Al Kut.
Intelligence indicates the criminal is a former Badrah Iraqi Police officer who now directs the smuggling of rockets from Badrah to Al Kut. He also directs rocket attacks from the Al-Shuhada neighborhood into surrounding Iraqi and Coalition facilities.
Intelligence shows he transported rockets used in an Oct. 10, 2006 attack on Coalition Forces. In addition to financing extremist militant efforts, the cell member is also involved in improvised explosive device attacks. Specifically he is linked to an April 28 IED attack that killed one Iraqi Policeman and wounded two.
Three other suspicious individuals were detained for furthering questioning.
In a separate operation targeting al Qaeda in Iraq criminals, Iraqi Army Forces detained a suspected al Qaeda cell leader specializing in improvised explosive devices during a raid Sept. 21 in Baghdad.
The Sunni extremist leader and his cell builder emplace and detonate vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices in the Mansour area of Baghdad to attack Iraqi Army and Police as well as innocent local residents.
On Aug. 24, the cell detonated an IED and killed three Iraqi Police and injured three others. On July 26, the group used a suicide vehicle borne IED to kill and injure Iraqis celebrating the Iraqi national soccer team’s Asian Championship. On June 30, the group emplaced two IEDs in front of a house and used the deadly devices to target an Iraqi Army convoy.
BAGHDAD – In two early morning raids, Iraqi Security Forces detained eight suspected criminals Sept. 22 in Diyala and Tikrit.
In the Diyala Province, Iraqi Special Operations Forces detained four suspected terrorists linked to a criminal financier and weapons trafficker. Intelligence reports that the regional financier facilitates weapons purchases with Iran in order to conduct trafficking operations that import improvised explosive devices, explosively formed penetrators and rocket-propelled grenades. In addition, he is alleged to have carried out extra-judicial killings of Sunnis in the Diyala area.
The assault force seized a weapons cache that yielded a sub-machine gun with an ammunition drum, a G3 assault rifle with two magazines, three sets of body armor, various documents and computer accessories.
In a separate raid in Tikrit, Soldiers from the 4th Iraqi Army Division detained four alleged criminals. Two of the detainees are believed to be responsible for numerous attacks against Coalition Forces including an Aug. 28 rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire attack on a compound in Tikrit.
The raid is also believed to have disrupted a possible forgery operation where food credits from the social welfare system were being criminally filtered to insurgents. The forgery operation provides terrorist operatives with paperwork that gives them “displaced persons status,” allowing terrorists to transit the region, receive support from social welfare systems and obtain legal access to setting up residences in new areas.
While searching the objective, the scouts confiscated five weapons with ammunition and magazines, as well as sniper ammunition and forgery documentation.
10 terrorists killed, 22 suspects detained during operations targeting al-Qaeda
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition forces killed 10 terrorists and detained 22 suspected terrorists Sunday during operations targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq in the central part of the country.
Southwest of Kirkuk, Coalition forces targeted an alleged emir of foreign terrorists for the Kirkuk province. As the ground forces secured the area, several armed individuals engaged Coalition forces. Responding in self-defense, the ground forces engaged the men and called in close air support, killing eight terrorists, some of whom were wearing military style assault vests. Inside one of the buildings at the target area, Coalition forces found a cache of weapons and military style assault vests that were safely destroyed by an expert explosives team. Iraqis on the scene said that six of the terrorists killed were foreign.
In another operation Coalition forces targeted an al-Qaeda in Iraq senior leader for foreign terrorist facilitation and involvement in a kidnapping network northeast of Samarra. When the ground forces approached the target building, they received small-arms fire. Coalition forces called for the occupants to come out of the target building and continued to be engaged. Responding in self-defense, ground forces engaged the terrorists, killing two. Additionally, two suspected terrorists were detained during the operation.
West of Tarmiyah, Coalition forces targeted associates of an al-Qaeda in Iraq military emir of the northern belts around Baghdad. The ground forces detained seven suspected terrorists during the operations. One individual is believed to be associated with an al-Qaeda in Iraq senior leader responsible for weapons supply in the northern belt of Baghdad. During the operation, Coalition forces discovered military style assault vests, weapons and ammunition, and destroyed them on site.
Coalition forces conducted three operations targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders near Tikirt. Coalition forces detained eight suspected terrorists, including a suspected terrorist believed to be involved in the car-bombing network and in numerous attacks against Coalition forces and Iraqi security forces.
Further south, Coalition forces targeted another al-Qaeda in Iraq senior leader involved in the car-bombing network in Baghdad. Five suspected terrorists were detained.
ISF thwart mass kidnapping in Nineveh province
TIKRIT, Iraq – Iraqi Security Forces prevented an attempted hijacking by terrorists who targeted two buses filled with passengers in Nineveh province Sept. 22.
After receiving initial reports, Mosul Iraqi police informed 2nd Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division of the attempted hijacking and a company of Soldiers immediately responded and engaged the terrorists, killing one and injuring another. The remaining individuals fled while IA recovered the buses without injuring any of the passengers.
The two buses were enroute to Syria from Kirkuk. The passengers and buses were taken to a nearby combat outpost.
Militants detained by Afghan, Coalition forces
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Nine militants were detained by Afghan and Coalition forces in Andar District of Ghanzi Province, early this morning during a mission to disrupt militant extremist activity in the area.
Credible intelligence sources led the combined force to compounds in Andar District, which were suspected of housing the militants with ties to terrorist activities.
“Our multinational partnership is making significant strides in disrupting violent extremist influence in the region,” said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a Combined Joint Task Force-82 spokesman. “Afghan and Coalition forces continue to strike major blows against terrorist networks so ordinary citizens may one day live in peace.”
The detained militants will be questioned as to their involvement in extremist activities.
Sept. 22 airpower summary: Loadmasters supply forces
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Columbia U President Embarrasses The Iranian Madman
I'm actually quite shocked he didn't pander to the little monkey. Columbia University president Jim Bollinger asked some tough questions and the little monkey never supplied answers.
But before he even spoke, the Iranian leader, whose appearance had sparked outrage notably among US politicians and the Jewish community, sat through 10 minutes of broadsides from university president Lee Bollinger.
"Mr President, you exhibit all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator," Bollinger told Ahmadinejad, accusing him of brutal crackdowns on the country's academics and homosexuals.
"Why are you so afraid of Iranian citizens expressing their opinions for change?" he asked, challenging the leader of the Islamic republic to explain his comments downplaying the Holocaust.
"Frankly, in all candor Mr President, I doubt you will have the intellectual courage to answer these questions," he added.
"When you come to a place like this, this makes you quite simply ridiculous. You are either brazenly provocative or astonishingly uneducated," he said.
When he did get to his feet, wearing a white open-necked shirt and gray suit, Ahmadinejad accused Bollinger of a "wave of insults and allegations" while largely avoiding any direct answers to any of Bollinger's challenges.
Monday, September 24, 2007
State, City Officials To Withhold Funds For Columbia U Over Speech
It appears there is an overwhelming number of stupid people attending that university, it shouldn't be difficult to swindle more money out of them. We are currently engaged in a War on Terror, Ahmadinejad is a terrorist, Columbia University knew exactly what they were doing when they invited and allowed this speech to go forward.
Those idiots over there are blabbering about it being free speech. What happened to "free speech" when the Minutemen were at Columbia U giving a speech? The students began acting like filthy little primates and stormed the stage with gay-love posters or whatever and threatened Jim Gilchrist who was speaking.
I guess it only matters if you agree with them.
As the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, prepares to address Columbia University today amid a storm of student protest, state and city lawmakers say they are considering withholding public funds from the school to protest its decision to invite the leader to campus.
In an interview with The New York Sun, the speaker of the Assembly, Sheldon Silver, said lawmakers, outraged over Columbia's insistence on allowing the Iranian president to speak at its World Leaders Forum, would consider reducing capital aid and other financial assistance to the school.
Lawmakers warned about other consequences for Columbia and its president, Lee Bollinger, who has resisted campus and public pressure to cancel Mr. Ahmadinejad's appearance today, arguing that Columbia's commitment to scholarship requires the school to directly confront offensive ideas.
"There are issues that Columbia may have before us that obviously this cavalier attitude would be something that people would recall," Mr. Silver said. "Obviously, there's some degree of capital support that has been provided to Columbia in the past. These are things people might take a different view of … knowing that this is that kind of an institution."
Mr. Silver faulted Columbia for "attempting to legitimize this individual," saying, "We have an obligation because of the U.N. to allow him to come to this country. It doesn't mean we have to make him welcome. We don't have to give him a forum."
Good News From The War On Terror 9/21-22
One terrorist killed, eight suspected terrorists detained
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition forces killed one terrorist and detained eight suspected terrorists during several operations Friday targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders in the central part of the country.
Coalition forces captured a suspected leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq in the Arab Jabour area during operations in Baghdad. The individual is believed to build bombs for the Baghdad car-bombing network and has oversight of their past and future attacks. This individual is also believed to facilitate the movement and training of foreign terrorists in the region.
During the course of operations, an armed terrorist maneuvered toward security elements. Using appropriate self-defense measures, Coalition forces killed the armed terrorist. Coalition forces also received small arms and machine gun fire from an enemy element that had moved into the target area. Coalition forces called in close air support and returned fire in self-defense. Because of the security situation on the objective, ground forces were not able to determine if any enemy were killed or wounded by the aircraft fire.
In addition to the targeted individual, ground forces detained three suspected terrorists on the scene.
Also in the capital city, Coalition forces conducted a precision operation and captured one suspected terrorist tied to a senior leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq in the southern belt around Baghdad.
Northeast of Ramadi, Coalition forces detained one suspected terrorist believed to facilitate weapons logistics for al-Qaeda in Iraq and terrorists in other countries. Coalition forces also detained two suspected terrorists in operations southeast of Balad.
Iraqi Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain six terrorists in Baghdad
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Forces, with U.S. Special Forces as advisers, detained four militant extremists and two al Qaeda in Iraq terrorists during two operations Sept. 20 in the Baghdad area.
During one of the operations, Iraqi Special Operations Forces detained an alleged militant extremist commander and three suspected insurgents in the Aamel area of Baghdad.
The alleged militant extremist company commander operates out of Hay Al-Amil and is suspected of directing other extremists to conduct kidnappings, executions and mortar attacks against innocent Sunni civilians.
One other high-level extremist and two suspected insurgents were detained during the operation.
Four AK-47 assault rifles, three magazines, one computer, four cell phones and one video camera were seized.
In a separate operation targeting al Qaeda in Iraq criminals, Soldiers from the 6th Iraqi Army Division detained two Sunni extremists during an early-morning operation in Arab Jabour.
One of the detainees is suspected of commanding a cell that conducts extra judicial killings and specializes in attacks using improvised explosive devices in the Jabour area.
Paratroopers detain 14 suspects
HAWR RAJAB, Iraq — Paratroopers detained 14 suspected insurgents Sept. 20, several of whom were identified as members of kidnapping and improvised explosive device cells.
Paratroopers of 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, also destroyed four vehicles suspected of being used by a kidnapping cell.
Of the 14 detainees, eight were identified by concerned citizens as members of an IED cell, two as IED emplacers, and one as a known insurgent.
The operation also yielded a cache of 200 feet of command wire, one AK-47 assault rifle, a full magazine, and four empty magazines.
The mission was part of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division’s Marne Torch II, an operation designed to reduce insurgent activity south of Baghdad and stem the flow of explosives, weapons, and insurgents into Baghdad.
Marne Torch II continues to bring in AQI members
HAWR RAJAB, Iraq — Paratroopers conducting Operation Bethel detained insurgent suspects and destroyed weapons caches Sept. 19.
The Paratroopers of Company B, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, currently attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, detained seven suspects, two of whom were connected to the production of vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices.
The Hawr Rajab operation also yielded a homemade explosives cache.
While searching a building, Paratroopers discovered several hundred 20-kilogram bags of detergent that an explosive ordnance disposal team assessed as key ingredients in the creation of homemade explosives.
An AH-64 Apache helicopter destroyed the building with a Hellfire missile.
A second air weapons team destroyed a suspected VBIED factory that was discovered by another group of Paratroopers in the area.
While conducting a patrol on the ground, the Paratroopers found a car missing its battery and one wheel. A military working dog reacted to the trunk, which was not opened for fear of booby traps. An air strike was called in to safely dispatch the vehicle and the building in which the car was parked.
Two Apaches from 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, destroyed the vehicle and building with two Hellfire missiles. The attack helicopters destroyed four other vehicles at the site with their 30mm cannons.Soldiers at the scene counted seven secondary explosions at the site, which indicates explosives were hidden in the vehicles and building.
Operation Bethel also yielded several munitions, weapons and other items used in terrorist acts.
Capt. Donald Braman, commander, Troop B, 1-40th Cav. Regt., said the operation will have a significant impact on al-Qaeda command and control. The detainment of the two members involved in VBIED production will also reduce al-Qaeda's ability to conduct offensive operations in Hawr.Operation Bethel is part of 2nd BCT, 3rd Inf. Div.’s Operation Marne Torch II, designed to reduce insurgent activity south of Baghdad and stem the flow of explosives, weapons and insurgents into Baghdad.
Eight terrorists killed, 25 suspected terrorists detained in Coalition raids
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition forces killed eight terrorists and detained 25 suspected terrorists Friday and Saturday during operations in the Tigris River Valley to disrupt al-Qaeda in Iraq’s senior leadership.
During operations in Musayyib Saturday, Coalition forces captured a suspected associate of al-Qaeda in Iraq network operating in the southern belt around Baghdad. The targeted individual is believed to be responsible for movement of al-Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders and have extensive knowledge of their locations.
On the scene, ground forces killed seven terrorists and found weapons and military-style assault vests. In addition to the targeted individual, Coalition ground forces also detained 11 suspected terrorists during the raid.
In a coordinated raid North of Tikrit Saturday, Coalition forces captured a wanted individual who is believed to be responsible for ordering, financing and carrying out attacks east of Balad for al-Qaeda in Iraq. Intelligence reports indicate that the suspected terrorist is a known associate of al-Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders in the Balad region and throughout the Tigris River Valley. Coalition forces also detained six suspected terrorists during the raid.
Farther north in Mosul, Coalition forces conducted a precision operation and captured a suspected terrorist believed to be a senior member within the al-Qaeda in Iraq media network. The suspect was attempting to revive the network after previous Coalition operations disrupted al-Qaeda in Iraq’s media capabilities during raids on their media cells July 4 and Aug. 22. In addition to the targeted individual, Coalition forces detained four other suspected terrorists also believed to be involved in the al-Qaeda in Iraq media network.
In operations in the capital city Friday, Coalition forces conducted a raid targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders associated with the car-bombing network in Baghdad. Ground forces killed a terrorist that was one of the targeted individuals and detained one suspected terrorist during the raid.
Suspected militants killed in Garmser district
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Approximately 40 anti-coalition militants were killed early this morning in the Garmsir district of the Helmand province during an operation to deter hostile activities in the area.
A combined Afghan and Coalition team made their way to the Garmsir district where credible intelligence indicated violent extremist forces may be hiding.
During the course of operations the combined force employed precision munitions killing a large number of combatants.
A search of the area revealed multiple weapons caches – consisting of more than 20 rocket propelled grenades, significant amounts of ammunition, and landmines. One building containing munitions was suspected of being an improvised holding cell.
In order to destroy the caches and prevent their future use, both the buildings and caches were destroyed using munitions and timed charges.
Sept. 20 airpower summary: C-130s sustain airlift operations
Sept. 21 airpower summary: F-16s fill multiple combat roles
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Iranian Madman Arrives In N.Y.
So, he's here. He should be arrested and tried as an enemy combatant. His government is responsible for the death of American troops and they are a state sponsor of terror. While it will be nothing more than a symbolic victory, since the Ayatollah's really control the country, it would be "feel good".
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in New York to protests Sunday and said in a television interview that Iran was neither building a nuclear bomb nor headed to war with the United States.
The president's motorcade pulled up to the midtown hotel where he will be staying while he appears at a series of events including the U.N. General Assembly and a forum at Columbia University, where about 40 elected officials and civic leaders decried his visit.
Ahmadinejad's public-relations push appears aimed at presenting his views directly to a U.S. audience amid rising strains and talk of war between the two nations.
Tensions are high between Washington and Tehran over U.S. accusations that Iran is secretly trying to develop nuclear weapons, as well as helping Shiite militias in Iraq that target U.S. troops — claims Iran denies.
"Well, you have to appreciate we don't need a nuclear bomb. We don't need that. What need do we have for a bomb?" Ahmadinejad said in the "60 Minutes" interview taped in Iran on Thursday. "In political relations right now, the nuclear bomb is of no use. If it was useful it would have prevented the downfall of the Soviet Union."
He also said that: "It's wrong to think that Iran and the U.S. are walking toward war. Who says so? Why should we go to war? There is no war in the offing."
Before leaving Iran, Ahmadinejad said the American people have been denied "correct information," and his visit will give them a chance to hear a different voice, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Someone should tell the little monkey that we have free press here, not state controlled, his propaganda will do nothing more than make liberals hearts flutter.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Good News From The War On Terror 9/20
Coalition forces arrest Iranian Quds Force officer
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition forces arrested an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps – Quds Force officer in Sulimaniyah today.
Contrary to recent diplomatic initiatives, this individual has been involved in transporting improvised explosive devices and explosively formed penetrators into Iraq. Intelligence reports also indicate he was involved in the infiltration and training of foreign terrorists in Iraq.
The Quds Force is a covert action arm of the Iranian government responsible for aiding lethal attacks against the Iraqi government and Coalition forces.
Seven terrorists killed, eight captured in Coalition operations
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition forces killed seven terrorists and detained eight suspected terrorists during operations Thursday targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders in the central part of the country.
Coalition forces targeted a senior leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq during an operation in Mahmudiyah in continued efforts to boost security in the southern belt around Baghdad. After several hours of monitoring a known terrorist group, ground forces returned to the area where terrorists had engaged them with small arms fire during previous operations. As Coalition forces arrived at the target area, they identified hostile intent from the group of men they were monitoring and called for close air support. Seven terrorists were killed and three suspected terrorists were detained on the scene.
In Samarra, Coalition forces captured three individuals believed to be closely tied to senior leaders of al-Qaeda in Iraq and two additional suspected terrorists.
Iraqi Special Operations Forces, U.S. Special Forces engage extremists, kill three; detain 14 others
BAGHDAD — Iraqi Special Operations Forces killed three militant extremists during an early morning intelligence driven operation targeting an extremist Special Groups battalion commander Sept. 19 in the Baya’a area of Baghdad.
As the Iraqi and U.S forces arrived at the target location, two armed insurgents pointed their weapons at the forces exhibiting hostile intent. The forces responded with proportional and well-aimed fires, killing the two individuals. At a second location, a third insurgent attacked the teams with small arms fire. The teams responded with proportionate and well-aimed fire, killing the insurgent.
The ISOF detained three other suspicious individuals at the targeted locations.
The targeted militant extremist Special Groups battalion commander is wanted for launching rocket and improvised explosive device attacks against Iraqi and Coalition Forces. Intelligence indicates he is also the media representative for the Jaysh al-Madhi militia in al Baya’a.
In two other separate intelligence driven operations Sept. 19 in Diwaniyah, Iraqi Special Operations Forces detained 11 other individuals. The operations targeted smuggling operations and supply routes bringing arms, ammunition, mortars and IEDs into Diwaniyah. They were also targeting an extremist IED cell leader and assassination cell member.
Iraqi Special Operations Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain 7 Shi’a extremists
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Special Operations Forces, with U.S. Special Forces as advisers, detained seven suspected Shi’a insurgents during an early-morning operation Sept. 20 in Sadr City.
Iraqi and U.S. Forces were en route to detain a high-level Shi’a extremist, when several armed individuals were spotted on the rooftops of nearby buildings. The forces called in an AC-130 Gunship to provide suppressive fire, allowing the forces to continue to their objective.
Once at the objective area, several targeted residences were searched and seven suspected Shi’a extremists were detained.
As the team departed the objective, they were ambushed by several insurgents. One ISOF Soldier received non-life threatening injuries and has been transported to a medical facility in Baghdad for treatment.
Sept. 19 airpower summary: Maintainers keep mission flying
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
Taliban Use Children As Human Shields...Again
There is no limits on what these animals will do. You see it time and time again, not just in Afghanistan, but all over the middle east. These terrorists use innocent civilians as human shields, force children to become unknowing suicide bombers, and launch rocket attacks from schools.
Several Taliban fighters used children as shields to protect themselves from a joint Afghan National Army and Coalition forces patrol counter-attack this morning.
Elements of the 1st Brigade, 205th Afghan National Army Corps, advised by Coalition forces, were conducting a combat patrol 9 kilometers (5.6 miles) northwest of Firebase Cobra in northwestern Uruzgan Province when more than 20 insurgents attacked them. The insurgents struck the patrol with small-arms, machine gun, RPGs and mortars from multiple compounds as it neared Sarsina Village.
Coalition close air support was called to repel the attack. During the engagement, Coalition forces as well as the aircraft identified several insurgents in one compound using children as “human shields.” The ground force commander and the Coalition aircraft did not fire in order to prevent injury to non-combatants.
During the lull in firing, several Taliban attempted to flee the compound on motorcycles and they were engaged by Afghan and Coalition forces. Both motorcycles were destroyed.
“The enemies of peace and stability continue to show utter disregard for the innocent children of Afghanistan,” said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a Combined Joint Task Force-82 spokesperson. “What makes this event all the more remarkable is that the insurgents attempted to save their own lives at the expense of these children during the holy month of Ramadan. It was incredibly fortunate that non-combatants, especially the children, were not injured by these reckless acts today. ”
More than a dozen enemy fighters were killed in the engagement. No ANA, Coalition servicemembers or non-combatants were reported injured or killed during the fighting.
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Good News From The War On Terror 9/19
Iraqi Forces, U.S. Special Forces kill Al Qaeda in Iraq terrorist, detain 18 others in northern Iraq
TAJI – Iraqi Forces, with U.S. Special Forces as advisers, killed one al Qaeda in Iraq terrorist and detained 18 others during three separate operations Sept. 17 and Sept. 18 in northern Iraq.
During an operation Sept. 18, Soldiers from the 2nd Iraqi Army Division were called in to support other Iraqi forces that began receiving enemy fire in Sharqat, near Mosul. After suppressing the enemy, the forces conducted an operation on intelligence that several high-ranking AQI terrorists were meeting in the area. One suspected terrorist, who is believed to be responsible for facilitating AQI movement, was detained. A 9mm sub-machine gun, a handgun and AK-47 ammunition were seized.
In a separate raid Sept. 18, Iraqi Security Forces in Bulayj detained three individuals while conducting a presence patrol through multiple villages reported to be AQI safe havens. Two of the detainees are alleged AQI facilitators in the area.
During an earlier operation, Iraqi Army forces killed one extremist and detained 14 others after receiving enemy fire during a combat patrol to recover a weapons cache Sept. 17 in the village of Hugna, near Kirkuk.
Upon entry into the village, the patrol came under direct small arms fire. The forces immediately returned well-aimed and proportionate fire, killing Baha Turki Abd Shabib, a known AQI assassin operating in Hawijah, Bayji and Mosul. He is linked to the deaths of more than 60 innocent Iraqis, including the beheading of an Iraqi Army Soldier, and is responsible for manufacturing improvised explosive devices to be used in future terrorist attacks.
After the fire-fight, the forces began clearing targeted structures within the village. Iraqi forces pursued multiple fleeing individuals into a nearby mosque and detained 14 suspected terrorists.
Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Operations Forces detain seven terrorists
BALAD – Iraqi Army Scouts conducted a series of intelligence-driven helicopter-assault raids Sept. 18, resulting in the destruction of an insurgent weapons cache southwest of Taji.
During the raids, an insurgent weapons cache was discovered with more than 100 containers of nitric acid, eight anti-aircraft weapons, and improvised explosive device materials. The cache was destroyed in place using close air support. Three individuals, including a purported al Qaeda in Iraq sniper team spotter, were detained.
During a concurrent operation, members of the Emergency Response Unit detained an al Qaeda in Iraq Emir and two cell members Sept. 18 in the al Adhamiyah area of Baghdad.
The Emir and his cell members are suspected of conducting IED and indirect fire attacks against local citizens and Coalition Forces. The cell also kidnaps and murders Iraqi forces and Sunni citizens who stand against their criminal activities.
The extremists are linked to a May 3, 2007 IED attack that killed several civilians, as well as several attacks in March 2007 against an Iraqi National Guard facility and Coalition forces in the al Kadhamiyah area.
In October 2006, they were linked to an attack that killed several Iraqi National Guardsmen and found to be responsible for detonating an IED against a U.S. military convoy. In July 2005, they were suspected of murdering a female college student attending the IBN al Haythm College.
In a separate raid, Iraqi Army Reconnaissance Soldiers detained a suspected extremist Sept. 18 in the Taji area. The suspected extremist leads a company who is responsible for conducting multiple attacks using IEDs and explosively formed penetrators along main supply routes including an August 22, 2007 attack using an EFP against Iraqi and Coalition Forces.
Coalition forces kill one terrorist, detain 7 suspects
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition forces killed one Iraqi terrorist linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps - Quds Force and detained another seven suspected terrorists during pre-dawn operations in Balad Ruz and northern Baghdad Wednesday.
The operation in Balad Ruz targeted a wanted Iraqi suspected of links to the movement of weapons, equipment and foreign terrorists across the Iran-Iraq border. He is believed to have numerous connections to other suspected Special Groups leaders operating out of Diyala Province.
When ground forces arrived at the target area, an armed terrorist engaged them with small arms fire. Coalition forces responded in self-defense and returned fire, killing the terrorist. Additional intelligence during the operation led the ground forces to a follow-on location, where they detained four men without incident.
A separate operation north of Baghdad targeted a Special Groups leader who reportedly oversees all logistics and operations in the area. The individual is linked to a large cache of explosively formed penetrators found Feb. 25 in the Baqubah area (SEE MULTI-NATIONAL CORPS – IRAQ RELEASE #20070226-01, “Iraqi Police, Coalition Forces Discover Large EFP Cache,” DATED Feb. 26, 2007). Intelligence reports also indicate the targeted individual facilitates the movement of foreign terrorists by providing them with false identification cards, trains operatives in bomb-making and smuggles weapons from Iran. Coalition forces detained three suspected terrorists during the operation.
Coalition forces capture 11 suspected al-Qaeda members
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqi and Coalition forces captured five wanted individuals and detained six additional suspected terrorists during operations Wednesday targeting terrorist leaders in northern Iraq and their operatives in the Tigris River Valley.
Iraqi and Coalition forces captured two alleged al-Qaeda in Iraq operatives in the Hamrin Mountains southeast of Kirkuk. Both are believed to be tied to al-Qaeda leaders in Iran and Pakistan, and have extensive knowledge of the network’s smuggling operations. The ground forces detained one additional suspect for his alleged involvement in the terrorist network.
Northwest of Mosul, Coalition forces captured an alleged al-Qaeda in Iraq adviser and recruiter who had provided a two-month indoctrination to terrorists joining the network. Two additional suspects were detained.
Coalition forces detained five suspected terrorists during operations near Tikrit and Samarra. One of the detainees was wanted for allegedly leading an al-Qaeda in Iraq cell and conducting attacks on Coalition forces. Another detainee was wanted for his suspected association with al-Qaeda in Iraq’s network south of Baghdad, where he was believed to facilitate the movement and training of foreign terrorists.
Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader killed
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition forces killed an al-Qaeda in Iraq military advisor during an operation Aug. 31 west of Tarmiyah.
Coalition forces conducted a precision operation west of Tarmiyah Aug. 31. The assault force followed a vehicle containing two suspected terrorists and attempted to get the driver to stop. When the driver resisted capture, the assault force fired on the vehicle. Both the driver and the passenger were killed in the operation. Coalition forces later identified one of the men as Abu Yaqub al-Masri.
Al-Masri, who is also known as Zakkariya or Doctor, was a military advisor to al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders in Baghdad and the surrounding belts. He provided guidance and direction for attack planning, coordination and execution.
Intelligence reports indicate al-Masri was directed by senior al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders to plan attacks that would cultivate sectarian strife. The former al-Qaeda in Iraq military emir of Baghdad, now detained by Coalition forces, described al-Masri as director of the “car bomb division.”
Al-Masri was one of the primary architects behind the Nov. 26 car bombings in Sadr City that killed 181 Iraqi civilians and injured another 247. He also planned major attacks on the bridges in the Rusafa area to isolate the Shi’ite population there.
Al-Masri previously fought against Coalition forces in Afghanistan and is linked to several senior leaders of al-Qaeda. He was allied with Dr. Ayman Zawahiri, bin Laden’s second-in-command. He was also close to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the former leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq killed in a Coalition air strike in June 2006.
Sept. 18 airpower summary: A-10s provide security
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Bin Laden's Gay Lover, gAyman al-Zawahri Also Releases A Video
It goes something like this, "blah, blah, infidels, blah, blah, Americans losing in Afghanistan and Iraq, blah, blah, Zionists, blah, blah, crusaders, blah, blah, Allah, blah, blah, Prophet Mohammed (piss be upon him), blah, blah, death to America and Israel." Actually, I haven't heard it, but this is standard moose-limb talking points.
Al-Qaida's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri said the United States was being defeated in Afghanistan, Iraq and other fronts in a new video released Thursday, the latest in a series put out by the terror network.
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"What they claim to be the strongest power in the history of mankind is today being defeated in front of the Muslim vanguards of jihad six years after the two raids on New York and Washington," al-Zawahri said, speaking in what appeared to be an office, with shelves of religious books and an automatic rifle leaning against them.
"The Crusaders themselves have testified to their defeat in Afghanistan at the hands of the lions of the Taliban," he said. "The Crusaders have testified to their own defeat in Iraq at the hands of the mujahideen, who have taken the battle of Islam to the heart of the Islam world."
The Ghost Of Bin Laden Urges The Death Of Musharraf
Once again there is a "video" of Bin Laden. I'm sure this one will be as fake as the last few. This time the voice on the video calls for the death of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. See, Musharraf is FINALLY disrupting that little piece of terrorist heaven in the Waziristan region of Pakistan. al-Qaeda and the Taliban are scurrying about because the Pakistani Army has went and started to clean it up.
Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden called on Pakistanis to rebel against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in a new recording released Thursday, saying his military's siege of a militant mosque stronghold makes him an infidel.
The storming of the Red Mosque in Islamabad in July "demonstrated Musharraf's insistence on continuing his loyalty, submissiveness and aid to America against the Muslims ... and makes armed rebellion against him and removing him obligatory," bin Laden said in the message.
"So when the capability is there, it is obligatory to rebel against the apostate ruler, as is the case now," he said.
The Pakistani's are not fazed by the dead man's threats.
Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad, a Pakistani army spokesman, said the army will continue its fight against terrorism, regardless of any threats.
"We have the aim and objective, as our national duty, to eliminate terrorists and eradicate extremism. The Pakistan army will continue to carry out its role against terrorists wherever they are found, whether in the tribal areas (of northwest Pakistan) or elsewhere."
"Such threats issued through videos or in any other way cannot deter us from fulfilling our national duty," he said.
Technorati tags: Bin Laden, Musharraf, Afghanistan, Pakistan, al-Qaeda, Taliban, Terrorists, Middle East
Iranian Madman To Desecrate Ground Zero
Even after the NYPD turned down Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad request to visit the former WTC site, he decides he's going anyway. The U.S. Secret Service should make it clear to him that they will not provide any assistance beyond a certain radius of the hotel and U.N. building. This primate is no better than Bin Laden, he's responsible for the deaths of Americans also. This is nothing more than a photo-op where he can mock Americans. It would be unfortunate for him if some rogue person or covert gov't agent happened to take him out while he was wondering the streets of NY.
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad requested to visit Ground Zero during an upcoming trip to New York. That request was rejected Wednesday. But a source tells Eyewitness News that the decision may not stop him.
A law enforcement source says the Iranian mission to the United Nations has informed the Secret Service that the Iranian president intends to visit Ground Zero Monday at 10 a.m.
The source says regardless of the NYPD's rejection of the request for a Ground Zero tour, Iran's president and his entourage will be accompanied by a Secret Service protective detail, a detail provided to all heads of state when they visit the United States.
I'm no fan of Rudy Giuliani or Hillary Clinton, but I'm glad two high-profile presidential candidates let their feeling be known about this.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani released the following statement on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:
"Under no circumstances should the NYPD or any other American authority assist President Ahmadinejad in visiting Ground Zero. This is a man who has made threats against America and Israel, is harboring bin Laden's son and other al-Qaeda leaders, is shipping arms to Iraqi insurgents and is pursuing the development of nuclear weapons. Assisting Ahmadinejad in touring Ground Zero - hallowed ground for all Americans - is outrageous."
Senator Hillary Clinton released the following statement:
"It is unacceptable for Iranian President Ahmadinejad, who refuses to renounce and end his own country's support of terrorism, to visit the site of the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil in our nation's history."
Good News From The War On Terror 9/18
FALLUJAH – Iraqi Army Scouts, with U.S. Special Operations Forces as advisers, conducted a series of helicopter assault raids near Taji Sept. 16, resulting in the detention of a senior Al Qaeda in Iraq member of the Abu Ghazwan network.
He is suspected of conducting attacks that target local citizens in the Tarmiyah area who join the Iraqi Police or Iraqi Army forces. His cell has attacked the Tarmiyah Regiment of the 9th Iraqi Army division, the 9th Oil Protection Division, guards at the Al Karkh water treatment plant and Coalition Forces in the Taji area. The cell is also suspected of distributing propaganda and installing illegal check points.
This terrorist is additionally suspected of being the second in command to Abu Ghazwan’s network and the gatekeeper for access to Abu Ghazwan himself. This criminal network is known to commit robberies, kidnappings, murder, and is responsible for the Sept. 6, 2006 attack against a British Contractor convoy near Tarmiyah.
This terrorist network is believed to be linked to the kidnappings of employees from the Nasr Industrial Plant and is known to stage attacks from a local mosque. The cell provides salaries and materials for vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices to be used in the Baghdad area. The cell is further suspected of storing and supplying weapons such as surface-to-air missiles, mortar rounds, mortar launchers, and heavy machine guns to be used in future terrorist attacks.
Iraqi soldiers raided a series of residences in a remote area northwest of Taji, detaining the alleged terrorist, two snipers, and 15 additional suspects. Three AK-47 assault rifles, three tactical assault vests and various explosive components were seized during the operation.
Three terrorists killed, 13 al-Qaeda suspects detained in Tigris River Valley
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition forces killed three terrorists and detained 13 suspected terrorists during several operations Tuesday targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq operatives and mid-level leaders in the Tigris River Valley.
Three operations around Baghdad were aimed at improving security in the city and surrounding area. In an operation in Arab Jabour, Coalition forces targeted a key operative in the al-Qaeda in Iraq network. When the assault force arrived at the target building, armed men attempted to maneuver into position against them. Coalition forces responded to the hostile threat by calling for close air support, and two terrorists were killed by fire from the aircraft. Another man refused to comply with the ground forces’ instructions to surrender. Responding to the hostile threat, Coalition forces engaged the man, killing him. Six suspected terrorists were detained in the raid.
During two coordinated operations in the capital city, Coalition forces captured a wanted individual believed to be a key operative for al-Qaeda in Iraq and its international network. Intelligence reports also indicate the man works for the al-Qaeda in Iraq emir of the southern belts around Baghdad. The ground forces detained two additional suspected terrorists during the raids.
In Bayji, Coalition forces used information from an operation Aug. 4 to capture a suspected mid-level al-Qaeda in Iraq leader and two other suspects. About 50 miles farther north, ground forces detained one suspected terrorist believed to help smuggle weapons for al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Coalition forces capture wanted terrorist in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition forces captured a suspected Iraqi terrorist linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps - Quds Force network and two others during an operation early Tuesday in Baghdad.
The operations were targeting a Special Groups criminal that is believed to be a leader of an improvised explosive device network and is also believed to have close ties to the production and distribution of explosively formed penetrators (EFPs).
Reports indicate the targeted individual has been involved in the procurement of weapons and the facilitation of foreign terrorists in order to target Iraqi and Coalition security forces.
Information from concerned citizens in the neighborhood led the assault force to a local facility, where the suspected Special Groups officer was also working as a security guard. The forces apprehended the man there without incident after close coordination with Iraqi police.
Cache found, several suspected militants killed in Ghazni
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Several suspected militants were killed and four were detained during an operation conducted by Afghan and Coalition forces today in Ghazni province.
The forces suspected the compounds, located in the Gairo district, were providing sanctuary to anti-coalition militants. Several confirmed enemy fighters posed a threat to the forces during the course of operations and were shot and killed.
Additionally, AK-47s, hand grenades and rocket propelled grenades were found during a search of the site. Precision munitions were employed to destroy a building and the weapons inside it. Prior to the strike, the combined force escorted women and children from the targeted area to a safe distance. They were permitted to return after the strike was complete. There were no indications of injuries or deaths to non-combatants.
Sept. 17 airpower summary: Maintainers keep them flying
Technorati tags: Iraq, Afghanistan, War on Terror, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Military, Coalition, Terrorists, Insurgents, al-Qaeda, Taliban, Quds, Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Middle East
Dan Rather Sues CBS,Viacom For $70 Million Over Rathergate
All because he didn't bother to fact check. It was the premise of the story, as Dan would say. Just because the National Guard memo about President Bush was faked, doesn't mean it didn't happen. etc. Dan dug his own hole, now he wants a pile of money to get him out of it.
As if CBS hadn't been rattled enough by legal flaps from shock jocks Howard Stern and Don Imus, a languishing newscast with Katie Couric as well as the controversial reality show "Kid Nation," the network has been slapped with a $70 million lawsuit by former anchor Dan Rather.
Rather, whose decades-long career at CBS came to an inglorious end over his role in a report criticizing President Bush's Vietnam-era National Guard service, on Wednesday sued the broadcaster and its former Viacom Inc. parent, as well as CBS CEO Leslie Moonves, Viacom and CBS chairman Sumner Redstone, and former CBS News president Andrew Heyward.
The suit, filed in New York State Supreme Court, argues that CBS violated Rather's contract by giving him insufficient airtime on "60 Minutes" after summarily dismissing him as anchor of "CBS Evening News" in March 2005.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Canadian MP Seeks Cancer Treatment In U.S. (Universal Healthcare Failure)
As Hillary is proposing a universal healthcare program (i.e. socialist gov't), we are given this recent news about a member of the Canadian parliament seeking cancer treatment in the United States. Apparently; this isn't the first time Canadians with money have come across the border to seek treatment. I urge you to go to the article and read the comments. You find Canadians commenting on how "broken" the universal healthcare system really is. It is being twisted to appear like a personal attack against the MP, it's not, it's pointing out the failures of universal healthcare.
Liberal MP Belinda Stronach, who is battling breast cancer, travelled to California last June for an operation that was recommended as part of her treatment, says a report.
Stronach's spokesman, Greg MacEachern, told the Toronto Star that the MP for Newmarket-Aurora had a "later-stage" operation in the U.S. after a Toronto doctor referred her.
"Belinda had one of her later-stage operations in California, after referral from her personal physicians in Toronto. Prior to this, Belinda had surgery and treatment in Toronto, and continues to receive follow-up treatment there," said MacEachern.
He said speed was not the reason why she went to California.
Instead, MacEachern said the decision was made because the U.S. hospital was the best place to have it done due to the type of surgery required.
While we are discussing HillaryCare, over at Invincible Armor, he asks an excellent question:
She says, 2.0 is all about choices for people wishing to improve their health care. Question: If this works for health care why are Hillary and her "friends" in the Democratic Party so adamant about never discussing buffet style options for social security except to shriek that Republicans hate the elderly?
Indeed.
Technorati tags: Canada, United States, Universal Healthcare, HillaryCare, Hillary Clinton, Socialist, Insurance
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