You would be amazed at how fast a large military force not encumbered by moronic ROEs can wipe out insurgent scum.
Posted on 04/26/2007 11:40:22 AM PDT by noname247
The Front announced the immanent defeat of al-Qa'ida-related groups in Anbar province, and asked for permission to pursue militants across provincial lines. Recent reports suggest that such clearance may have been granted.
A representative of the Anbar Salvation Front recently called for the Iraqi government to allow them to pursue al-Qa'ida elements into strongholds in neighboring provinces, and asked the Coalition forces for air support for their operations, and for assistance in monitoring lakes, waterways, palm groves, and to eliminate points of infiltration of militant groups into the neighboring areas of Baghdad, Karbala, and Babil provinces, as al-Hayat reported.
The Front’s request to pursue al-Qa'ida fighters into neighboring provinces has apparently been granted, according to a report in the Iraqi daily al-Mada on Tuesday.
Souces in the Anbar Salvation Council have indeed begun to pursue the remnants of armed groups who have fled to the areas surrounding Anbar, entering terrain around Mosul, Tikrit and Diyala, al-Mada reports.
Al-Mada also reported that the tribal forces had captured a key “Islamic State of Iraq” member, writing that the police of the Anbar Salvation Front arrested the “Minister of Finance” for the al-Qaida affiliated “Islamic State of Iraq.”
The Front also seized a large sums of money, which the “minister” had in his possession, al-Mada writes. Along with the “finance minister,” the Front captured twenty suspects in Salah al-Din province, according to the paper’s sources. The arrests, al-Mada writes, took place in the Tharthar area in the Salah al-Din province, next to the Jazira area near Ramadi.
While AFP referred to the tribal fighters as “volunteers” IraqSlogger sources in Falluja reported earlier that the Anbar Salvation forces had begun a program of conscription, requiring each family to enlist at least one of their sons in the forces.
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You would be amazed at how fast a large military force not encumbered by moronic ROEs can wipe out insurgent scum.
Pray to God we defeat Al-Qaeda before the Dems ensure our surrender.
My prayers are with Patreaus and Sattar. Real men.
The only way to beat this insurgency is to get local leaders, real leaders, to got get them. Not for us, but for themselves.
I pray we aren’t making a deal with Stalin to beat Hitler. But the reality is that there is no other way, and Petraeus knows it.
Terrific news, and one more reason why the Iraqis will have to carry the burden, and, lacking some of our ROE, can eventually do it pretty well.
Petraeus of Arabia
Ping
only with our help they can
Sattar is secular and non sectarian. You couldn’t possibly get a better Sunni leader then that.
He is also forming his own political party to run in the next two elections.
Each side has some advantages. They aren’t encumbered by our rules of engagement and/or constrictions on torture. But they can’t track and find these guys, or provide instant firepower and air support, like we can. As in Afghanistan, the best results will come when our forces work together.
Absolutely. If the generals and pols used WWII rules of engagment this thing would have been over long ago. You kill the enemy and his supporters. Nothing less.
The Anbar Salvation Council is conscripting tens of thousands in Ramadi and Fallujah into the fight.
Good. Hope he has lots of bodyguards.
Loan ‘em the keys to some AC-130s!
This Is Counterterrorism, Senator ~~ (Positive news from IRAQ...why Harry Reid is worried....)
Nothing wrong with a draft when the future of your country is at stake. If there were insurgents running around my state, I would expect the national guard to protect us, just as they rescued the Katrina victims. If there were not enough Guard available, reinstating the draft would be a logical next step to remedy the problem. Only in america is ‘draft’ a ‘four letter word’
That is particularly good news. Ultimately it must come down to a workable political situation.
B-b-b-b-ut (the Dems will say), this is not a fair fight; Al-qaeda is only supposed to have to fight against SOFT targets. Wa-a-a-a-a-h!
Can Petraeus Pull It Off?(Some good war news...for a change.)
They can find a "base" and holler Ollie Ollie oxen free free free?
The ROE's are favoring the terrorists. Fighting a war with Liberal PC rules is defeatist.
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