10 to 1 that while his "troops and comrades" are fighting the Great Satan, Zarqawi himself is far from the action, listening to radio reports between rounds of hot sex with his favorite pigs and goats.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Sword and Shield
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I've put together some resources for readers who want to follow the campaign along the Euphrates River leading to the Syrian border. To begin with, many of the town names (such as Sa'dah) are obscure and not clearly marked on normal atlases or maps. And newspapers have a maddening habit of saying 'a town near the border' without giving the reader any spatial concept of the operations as they relate to one another.
See link above for Wretchard's excellent work including coordinates of significant towns and Maps.
This is awesome. Falluja was a strategic victory as will be Qaim. We will then control the upstream and downstream exits of the river and flow to the middle.
Controlling all of this river will surely crush Zarqawi.
October 04, 2005
Iraqi Army in Ramadi - Operation Mountaineers
By Bill Roggio
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Coalition forces continue to battle with insurgents in an effort to secure Ramadi. Over the past two weeks several incidents of fighting have been reported. John Carlson, a reported embedded with 224th Engineer Battalion of the Iowa National Guard writes "It's noon Monday in Ramadi as I write this (4 a.m. in Iowa) and there's been a big battle underway in the city. You can hear the machine gun fire from Camp Ramadi." The evidence points to low level clashes, however.
Mr. Carlson describes an IED (improvised explosive device) hunter patrol manned by the engineers of the 224th. The soldiers use a vehicle called a Buffalo – which is specifically designed to find and root out roadside bombs and underground mines. It has been so effective that jihadis have immortalized it with graffiti imploring others to "Kill the Claw" – the long arm of the Buffalo that digs for IEDs.
The patrol of the 224th digs up several IEDs until the claw is put out off commission. The accompanying Marines and other patrols in the area report several firefights with insurgents. The Guardian reports an Iraqi Army patrol was attacked, and fought back. Effectively.
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Above is an excerpt...see link for a map and further detail.