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Soldiers clear village, find weapons
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Posted on 01/21/2007 8:30:13 AM PST by SandRat

Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI) Military Transition Team walk with Iraqi Soldiers of the 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, in a combined operation the morning of Jan. 15 near Janabi Village, Iraq. Spc. Christina McCann, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs.
Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI) Military Transition Team walk with Iraqi Soldiers of the 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, in a combined operation the morning of Jan. 15 near Janabi Village, Iraq. Spc. Christina McCann, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs.
JANABI VILLAGE -- Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers have been working hard to get the Iraqi Soldiers trained to enable them to take over Iraq’s security themselves.

So the recent success of the joint operation Jan. 15, which put the entire 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division together with Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment Military Transition Team and the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd BCT, was a victory not only against terror, but for the troops themselves.

The operation went smoothly with 600 troops participating.

Some troops air-assaulted into the village under cover of darkness, while the main force convoyed to the village, marching in at first light to search houses and fields, seeking weapons caches and suspected terrorists.

“It went very well for such a large operation,” said Capt. Art Stringer, a native of Dardanelle, Ark., and the field artillery effects trainer, who planned much of the mission.

“It was a complex operation - the joint air assault, and a large ground assault. Once on site, we used Task Force Iron Claw, engineers and explosive ordnance disposal, and they all combined very well,” Stringer said.

“Any time you can let the Iraqis test their boundaries, it’s good,” he said of the Iraqi army involvement. “It’s their battle space, and it helps them build confidence in themselves and in the U.S. forces.”

The operation, netted 87 detainees, 12 of whom were on the Iraqi Army blacklist, and several large caches of weaponry, which included rocket-propelled grenades and launchers. A large cache of improvised explosive device making materials was also recovered, which included cell phones, wire and other hardware.

Some residents directed the troops to the homes of suspicious people.

“We got information on two of the guys on the blacklist,” said Staff Sgt. Michael Myers, a native of Gasport, N.Y., who serves on a MTT, to one of the Iraqi Soldiers. The squad he was with questioned a man who gave them the information.

“The Iraqi Soldiers are very motivated,” Myers said. “They’re doing a lot better than they were at first; they’re doing more complex missions. They need some more experience with map reading and such, but they did an excellent job creating a secure perimeter. They’re doing well.”

First Lt. Bobby Temple, of Atlanta, concurred.

“They’ve got good situational awareness,” he said. “Our navigational and communications assets are still essential to them - they don’t have global positioning systems or even maps, but they’re doing better. And once they’ve been to a place, they can get there again, no problem.”

The Iraqi Army took a very active role in the searches and planning, Stringer said.

“The mentorship the U.S. forces are giving the Iraqi Soldiers is very helpful. We’re seeing a great increase in their ability from the hard work of our guys,” he said.

“Without the effort of the Iraqi Army being reciprocated, we couldn’t do this,” he added.

(By U.S. Army Spc. Christina McCann, 2nd BCT, 10th Mtn. Div. Public Affairs) 

In other developments throughout Iraq:



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: frwn; iraq; soldiers; village; weapons

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1 posted on 01/21/2007 8:30:14 AM PST by SandRat
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To: 91B; HiJinx; Spiff; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; clintonh8r; TEXOKIE; windchime; Grampa Dave; ...
FR WAR NEWS!

WAR News at Home and Abroad You'll Hear Nowhere Else!

All the News the MSM refuses to use!

2 posted on 01/21/2007 8:30:51 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

Never to be reported by the MSM.


3 posted on 01/21/2007 8:44:02 AM PST by Dave278
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To: SandRat
This is good news indeed! Put me on your ping list please and thanks.

yoe

4 posted on 01/21/2007 8:50:39 AM PST by yoe (Hell is coming now for sure...................)
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To: SandRat
Now that the saddam is dead, and the Iraqi's know it too, there is a new confidence in what has been marching forward since March 19th, 2003. Villagers will be more willing to say where the bad guys are.

Needs to happen in the next sixty days, Mookie has his princess (Nancy peelousy) helping him in his efforts, on this side of the pond.
5 posted on 01/21/2007 8:53:21 AM PST by Issaquahking (Pardon Compean and Ramos Now!)
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To: SandRat

Great news, standing the Iraqi Forces up, before we stand down, is working well.

Terrorist not having a future in the new Iraq will insure a freedom path for many people,

many thanks to the US Forces leading the way.


6 posted on 01/21/2007 9:45:54 AM PST by Son House
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To: SandRat
The operation, netted 87 detainees, 12 of whom were on the Iraqi Army blacklist, and several large caches of weaponry, which included rocket-propelled grenades and launchers. A large cache of improvised explosive device making materials was also recovered, which included cell phones, wire and other hardware.

You have to face a virtual background check to get 12 cold tablets at WalMart but you can waltz out of there with as many cellphones as you can carry, no questions asked.

7 posted on 01/21/2007 9:50:33 AM PST by NonValueAdded (Pelosi, the call was for Comity, not Comedy. But thanks for the laughs. StarKisses, NVA.)
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To: yoe

You just got added.


8 posted on 01/21/2007 11:21:22 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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