Iraqi Forces Take Lead on Missions
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 16, 2009 – Iraq security forces are increasingly taking the lead on missions targeting roadside bombers and extremist networks, officials said.
On their first mission since becoming a nationalized force, the 6th Battalion, Emergency Readiness Brigade, alongside coalition forces advisors, arrested three suspects wanted for planting [...]
BAGHDAD — “I think education is the greatest weapon in the people’s hands,” said Buad Abdul Sadr, the senior engineer in charge of refurbishing the Jawala’la school in Sadr City.
Schools are now in session in Sadr City, an area that six months ago was home to some of the fiercest fighting here. The rooms that [...]
Iraqi army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 43rd Brigade, 11th Iraqi Army Division, conduct a cordon and knock clearing operation in the Jihad community of the Rashid district in southern Baghdad. The IA jundi planned, coordinated and conducted the operation with the leaders and Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat [...]
Iraqi Army Transformed Into National Force
By Fred W. Baker III
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 17, 2008 – In the past year, the Iraqi army has transformed into a national force that has deployed across the country in operations that show its increasing combat capabilities, a senior commander there said today.
“There should be no mistake on [...]
Photo 1: Cpl. Rudy Roben of Ridgecrest, Calif., assigned to Iron Hawk Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment waits for the order to “mount-up” on Forward Operating Base Marez, prior to mission into Mosul, Iraq, on April 6.
Photo 2: Pvt. 1st Class Mitchell Wallace of Hartford, Conn., and Sgt. Christopher Ryder of Grants Pass, [...]
By 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq – Iraqi army soldiers found a large munitions cache inside a truck in Hashmiyah, Iraq, March 30.
The cache contained 23 anti-tank mines, three crates of approximately 40 pounds of explosives, three crates of pellet shaped explosives, 15 81 mm mortars, two 120 mm [...]
Spc. Darryl Lindsey, a native of Atlanta, enjoys a cup of freshly brewed Kona coffee before mounting up on his Stryker for a mission. Lindsey is a member of the personal security detachment working with the Military Transition Team, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Tank Brigade, 9th Iraqi army division on Camp Taji. He is assigned [...]
Two Iraqi Army Soldiers pull multiple weapons and explosives from a hole during a cache find north of Lutifiyah Feb. 19. Photo by Pvt. Christopher McKenna, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs.
IED, Indirect Fire Cells Disrupted by Weapons Find
Saturday, 23 February 2008
By Pvt. Christopher McKenna
101st Airborne Division [...]
Terrorists Won’t Return to Anbar Province, General Says
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2008 – Al Qaeda has worn out its welcome with Sunni residents of western Iraq’s Anbar province and, consequently, the terror group’s influence there is over for good, the Marine Corps’ most senior officer said here today.
The Sunnis became [...]
Security Gains by Coalition Allow Families to Return to Zambraniyah
ZAMBRANIYAH — Nearly 1,000 residents returned to Zambraniyah throughout the last week of January after learning the area had been secured by Coalition and Iraqi forces. When heavy fighting in the Zambraniyah area broke out in early January, Coalition Forces advised families to evacuate the [...]
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