Posted on 05/21/2008 4:23:37 PM PDT by pissant
BAGHDAD — The number of daily attacks in Mosul has dropped at least 85 percent since U.S.-Iraqi forces began an offensive against Sunni insurgents in the city earlier this month, the top U.S. commander in northern Iraq said Wednesday.
Maj. Gen. Mark Hertling said U.S. and Iraqi forces had not met fierce resistance since the operation began on May 10, largely due to the large numbers of troops on the street, an initial curfew and extensive preparations and construction of new checkpoints.
But he warned that was likely to change as the extremists try to regroup.
"We anticipate there will be some attacks by the enemy once they come out of this initial phase of being surprised within the city," he told reporters during a news conference in Baghdad. "We anticipate that there might be car bombs, suicide vests or things like that."
The U.S.-Iraqi crackdown that began May 10 in Mosul, which the military has dubbed the last urban stronghold of al-Qaida in Iraq, is the latest bid by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to contain rampant violence in Iraq. The other two in the southern city of Basra and Baghdad's Sadr City district focused on Shiite extremists.
Hertling said 1,200 suspected militants have been captured in the offensive, with some 200 believed to be members of "terrorist organizations," adding his forces were monitoring some 13 insurgent groups.
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Well son of a gun. Killing the bad guys reduces attacks.
Any chance we could take that lesson and apply it to violent regions in US cities ?
Very good news! You suppose the AP editor that released this will be fired?
No. They will just ban guns.
I’m sure they are contemplating his swift removal. BTW, the NY Times had an article today talking about the successes in Sadr City. I nearly fainted.
Pelosi will say “Yea, but what about the other 15%?”
I wonder if she has stopped referring to Iraq as a civil war yet?
Libs have too much invested to ever give up that BS description.
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