[Calpernia]

[Calpernia]

Pro Military, Pro Coalition, Pro de-Baathification News!

A former Iraqi general turned himself in to coalition forces Jan. 19, reported Combined Joint Task Force 7 today.

Gen. Matloob Muslat Sayer, a former high-ranking Baath Party official and paramilitary Fedayeen Saddam member, surrendered himself to Task Force All American, according to a CJTF 7 release. His action was a result of the task force's previous operations against former regime element networks," the release noted.

[kimoajax]

Leadership surrenders speak volumes to holdouts. "All is lost. Save yourselves."

[expatpat]

Interesting log there, with a Muslim scimitar on it.

[getgoing]

"Six patrols were joint operations conducted with the Iraqi police, the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and the Border Guard."

Secure the border, round up weapons & Iraq begins to assume responsibility for their own security, GOOD JOB GUYS!

[facedown]

The discovery yielded four SA-7 missiles, 200 rocket-propelled grenades, 40 RPG launchers, thousands of rounds of small-caliber ammunition and mortars, more than 200 pounds of TNT and plastic explosives, and numerous other materials used in making improvised explosive devises.

"Catching" the general is great but getting rid of all this stuff is good also.

[Ed_in_NJ]

Look for this to be the lead item on the major nets' evening news.

HA!