[Straight Vermonter]

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Terrorist Scorecard

The Iraqi "Deck of Cards" Scoreboard

Centcom's New Iraq Scorecard

Saudi Arabia's Most Wanted Scorecard

Saudi Arabia's New Most Wanted Scorecard

The Round-up Blog

A million thanks to all of you who ping me to the great articles so that I can post them here.

[Straight Vermonter]

Ping

[wildcatf4f3]

2 words---no prisoners

[PGalt]

He said 115 rocket-propelled-grenade rounds, as well as myriad machine-gun bullets, have failed to penetrate the Stryker's tough skin during his brigade's tour in Iraq.

Yeah!

Thanks

[Coop]

Quagmire ping.

Many key al Qaeda leaders in Iraq have been captured or killed in recent months, Brown said, affecting terrorist operations. Brown said enemy mortar attacks in his area have decreased to about six a month, compared to around 300 monthly prior to the January elections. And "we have not seen well-trained foreign fighters" since the elections, Brown said. Foreign terrorists captured these days are poorly trained and "very young," he noted, ranging in age from 15 to 17 years old.

Stuff you likely won't see on tonight's evening news...

A crisp salute to all our coalition forces, as well as Iraqi citizens risking their lives, making the world a safer place.

[Coop]

Geez, the level of success in this conglomeration of reports is nothing short of stunning! Good work putting it all together and posting.

Should have added this portion to my earlier post on Mosul:

Zayd also was the author of a scathing letter to Zarqawi, where he lamented the morale and living conditions of the terrorists in Mosul, and the notable decrease in the effectiveness of attacks... His most telling and prophetic quote... “the fall of Mosul in the hands of the mujahedeen is possible, and because it relieves the pressure off the other cities such as al-Qaim, Tal Afar.”

Success in Mosul has certainly led to the fall of Tal Afar. We’ll wait to see if he is correct about Qaim; we suspect he is.

[csvset]

The commander in charge of the operation said sophisticated equipment had been seized, including a small, Chinese-made remote controlled drone, which he said had been used by the militants to spy on army movements and positions in the area. The drone is thought the first of its kind found in Pakistan

Interesting that they're using drones.

[ohioWfan]

WOW! Just WOW!

Would you please add me to your ping list, SV?

I heard the report about 80% percent destruction of alQaeda yesterday, but this collection of fact-laden articles is phenomenal! THANK you!

Our troops are nothing short of AMAZING!!

[Valin]

(Filipino) Marines raid Abu Sayyaf armory
By Bong Garcia Jr


FYI
If you can get it there is a very good article in this months Atlantic Monthly on US Special Forces working around the world.
"Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground by Robert D. Kaplan "
It's in conjunction with a new book by Robert D. Kaplan.
I've posted a review of the book
A Portrait of Lonely American Heroes
American Enterprise Institute ^ | 9/13/05 | Thomas Donnelly
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1485021/posts

[FreeAtlanta]

a Chinese-made spy plane used to track army movements

The the Chinese sell or give this to them? I guess the other -unlikely- option is that they stole it from the Chinese and guessed at how to operate it.

[nutmeg]

ping!

All I can say is WOW. Thanks for the heads up on this thread, Grampa Dave.

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[Deetes]

BUMP ...

Teenagers running the shop in Mosul. Should be easy to wipe that mess up.