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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I really wonder why the folks in Pres. Bush’s camp havn’t figured this out yet! Fight fire with fire, kill the enemy, and let the chips fall where they might. Putting the b.s. rules on our fighting men & women only allows the enemy more time to figure out how to hurt our people.
Who do you suppose it was that found oil in Anbar? Probably Halliburton. That will go a long way to settling disputes.
The ROEs in Iraq are more restrictive than the police force in your home city. The Soldiers and Marines literally have to be fired at before they can return fire. If a insurgent is seen planting and IED in middle of road, he cannot be shot, but must be approached. If he runs, he cannot be fired upon. Mosques are utterly off limits. Terrorist shoots a Marine, hits him in SAPI plate, not woundiing the Marine, but knocks him down., The other Marines are not allowed to shoot at him while they watch him run into mosque. Marines surrond mosque in well less than a minute. Platoon leader has to radio for Iraqi police to search mosque. In less than 30 seconds, 6 Iraqi police come out of mosque and say no one is in there. Marines ordered to go back on patrol. How do I know this? My son spent two tours there as Marine grunt in Fallujah and Ramadi. I have personal friends over there now.
He has US special forces protecting him and two US tanks in front of his house.
Thanks.....that is very damaging....
The mistake of the US was after disbanding the Iraqi Army not going with an Afghan approach of working with locals groups to establish security.
After disbanding the Iraqi Army and police there really was an almost total security vacuume.
Amen to that! And a positive development in the Iraqis quest for a peaceful nation free of AQ and Taliban and Saddam.
Getting rid of al-Qaeda in Iraq will at least make a political solution possible.
Creating a pro-American Sunni miltia around 200,000 men strong would go along way to forcing such a solution. Because, if Sadr and Hakim think they can piss on the Sunnis and give them nothing without a very high cost, that is exactly what they will do.
The Sunnis have decades of military experience the Shia are just starting to catch up.
Maybe I’m over optimistic now...
but Sattar could be the Iraqi George Washington,
or at least the Sunni Arab Barzani.
It gets worse. Chopper pilots I know are telling me that they’ve flown missions in support of ground patrols at night when they see thru night vision device groups of armed men running towards the patrol and cannot fire until the men actually open up on the patrol, all according to the rules of engagment.
The only bright side is that these pilots fire a burst or two in front of the pack of men , in violation of the rules and with a blind eye from their immediate command, and it seems to discourage the terrorists’ progress. These pilots do so knowing that they can be brought up on charges by worthless JAGs and investigators. They would rather be prosecuted than let a Soldier or Marine die unnecessarily.
“One thing Sheikh Sattar keeps saying is he wants al-Anbar to be like Germany and Japan and South Korea were after their respective wars, with a long-term American presence helping ... put them back together,” MacFarland said. “The negative example he cites is Vietnam. He says, yeah, so, Vietnam beat the Americans, and what did it get them? You know, 30 years later, they’re still living in poverty.”
http://alphabetcity.blogspot.com/2007/02/ramadi-shaykhs-in-no-hurry-to-see.html
Sattar: “The time for dictatorship is gone, and we are welcoming the new dawn of democracy and freedom here. I expect the future to be much better for the next generation for they will live in a better world than we do today.”
http://alphabetcity.blogspot.com/2007/03/video-shaykh-abdul-sattar-abureeshah.html
A minor point, and I don't expect him to be real accurate on the nuances of what really happened with Viet Nam, but this sentence is somewhat erroneous:
He says, yeah, so, Vietnam beat the Americans, and what did it get them?We won every battle in Viet Nam, we did not lose one.
Kerry and Fonda (traitors both) beat the Americans. And they are trying to win the War (On Terror) for the enemies at this time also. Along with the traitorous Liberals, in and out of Congress
Dem war votes target GOP lawmakers
The Headline:
Absolutely nucking futs.
We might as well let the Dems and the ACLU run the show. At least they might eventually end up with the blame.
You're being told BS. I'm leaving it at that. ROE in certain instances are a pain and the as$ and should be adjusted. With that said, what you describe above is not at all the norm, nor policy. Not even close.
Progress in Iraq’s Anbar “breathtaking”: US general
AFP | April 26 2007
Posted on 04/26/2007 5:06:51 PM EDT by noname247
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