Posted on 06/19/2007 12:40:26 AM PDT by HAL9000
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BAGHDAD, June 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said it had launched a huge offensive against al Qaeda north of Baghdad on Tuesday involving 10,000 soldiers, one of the single biggest operations since the end of the invasion of Iraq in 2003.The military said in a statement that 22 militants had been killed in the early hours of the offensive, which is taking place around the city of Baquba in Diyala province, an al Qaeda in Iraq stronghold.
Attack helicopters and ground forces launched the offensive to "eliminate" al Qaeda in Iraq militants operating in Baquba and its surrounding areas, the statement said.
"The end state is to destroy the al Qaeda influences in this province and eliminate their threat against the people," said Brigadier-General Mick Bednarek, deputy commanding general, operations, 25th Infantry Division.
"That is the number one, bottom-line, up-front, in-your-face, task and purpose."
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Awesome. Let’s get rid of em
Now this is the kind of talk I want to hear.
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The end state is to destroy the al Qaeda influences in this province and eliminate their threat against the people,” said Brigadier-General Mick Bednarek, deputy commanding general, operations, 25th Infantry Division.
“That is the number one, bottom-line, up-front, in-your-face, task and purpose.”
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Could some one get that statement to Michael Moore, He’s been saying He’s a proud American, wonder if He’d support us doing this?
Bring them home and put them on our border to protect America.
Good start. Let’s keep it up until all the b*stards are killed or captured.
Operation “Arrowhead Ripper”?!?
Who comes up with these NAMES??
During my rotation in Ramadi, we passed around a “Generate Your Own Operation Name” program - you too can come up with metrosexual codenames, by choosing a name from three seperate columns.
Things like, “Operation Virile Screaming Kitten” or “Operation Didactic Monkey” came into play...
They're protecting us right where they are. In case you didn't notice, this thread isn't about illegal immigration.
Here's a snip:
The doctor has made a decision: Al Qaeda must be excised. That means a large scale attack, and what appears to be the most widespread combat operations since the end of the ground war are now unfolding. A small part of that larger battle will be the Battle for Baquba. For those involved, it will be a very large battle, but in context, it will be only one of numerous similar battles now unfolding. Just as this sentence was written, we began dropping bombs south of Baghdad and our troops are in contact.
Northeast of Baghdad, innocent civilians are being asked to leave Baquba. More than 1,000 AQI fighters are there, with perhaps another thousand adjuncts. Baquba alone might be as intense as Operation Phantom Fury in Fallujah in late 2004. They are ready for us. Giant bombs are buried in the roads. Snipers—real snipers—have chiseled holes in walls so that they can shoot not from roofs or windows, but from deep inside buildings, where we cannot see the flash or hear the shots. They will shoot for our faces and necks. Car bombs are already assembled. Suicide vests are prepared.
The enemy will try to herd us into their traps, and likely many of us will be killed before it ends. Already, they have been blowing up bridges, apparently to restrict our movements. Entire buildings are rigged with explosives. They have rockets, mortars, and bombs hidden in places they know we are likely to cross, or places we might seek cover. They will use human shields and force people to drive bombs at us. They will use cameras and make it look like we are ravaging the city and that they are defeating us. By the time you read this, we will be inside Baquba, and we will be killing them. No secrets are spilling here.
Our jets will drop bombs and we will use rockets. Helicopters will cover us, and medevac our wounded and killed. By the time you read this, our artillery will be firing, and our tanks moving in. And Humvees. And Strykers. And other vehicles. Our people will capture key terrain and cutoff escape routes. The idea this time is not to chase al Qaeda out, but to trap and kill them head-on, or in ambushes, or while they sleep. When they are wounded, they will be unable to go to hospitals without being captured, and so their wounds will fester and they will die painfully sometimes. It will be horrible for al Qaeda. Horror and terrorism is what they sow, and tonight they will reap their harvest. They will get no rest. They can only fight and die, or run and try to get away. Nobody is asking for surrender, but if they surrender, they will be taken.
We will go in on foot and fight from house to house if needed. We will shoot rockets into their hiding spaces, and our snipers will shoot them in their heads and chests. This is where all that talk of cancer and big ideas of what should be or could be done will smash head on against the searing reality of combat.
Oh, Michael's believable alright....
Yon is very good....take his word as gospel.
Your tag line is wonderful.
Ok, thanks. Must go looking and see if more has been posted on this offensive..
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