The "massacre at haditha" has proven to be bogus.
The "Blackwater" killers {which protect all of our miserable politicians} will become another yawn.
Since there is more good news about Iraq, nothing will be reported.
Surprise, surprise, surprise...
Posted on 10/12/2007 5:02:21 AM PDT by DJ Elliott
For one Iraqi general, the key to building a united, non-sectarian army lies in fostering a mindset of religious and cultural tolerance among soldiers.
"I will never forget the American and coalition men and women … who provided the first stepping stones for us to make our country better." Iraqi Brig. Gen. Fadhil Jameel Jameel Barwari
Such a mindset is precisely what the Iraqi Operator Training Course tries to develop through a 90-day curriculum modeled after the U.S. Army’s Special Forces Course. During the course, noncommissioned officers and officers alike take advanced combat training to mitigate and stop terrorism.
The course teaches students first aid procedures, close-quarters battle techniques, urban combat techniques basic survival skills and how to conduct vehicle operations. Students also are required to take classes in the law of land warfare, ethics and morals, mission planning, weapons familiarization, leadership development and detainee handling.
“You are now equipped to fight terrorists, killers and outlaws,” Brig. Gen. Fadhil Jameel Jameel Barwari, Iraqi Special Operations Forces commander admonished the members of the OTC’s 10th graduating class.
The school is tough; of 1,200 initially enrolled, only 36 completed the training. Upon graduation, students move into the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force. Those who don’t complete the training are assigned to one of three other battalions in the ISOF.
(Excerpt) Read more at defendamerica.mil ...
1,200 personnel per quarter that end up in the Commando Battalions of I SOF (Ranger equivalent in I SOF). Three commando battalions so far but, is expanding to six...
Good for them! Although I would like to see them put through BUDS SEAL training - see how many make it.
You’ll never see this in the DBM...
The "massacre at haditha" has proven to be bogus.
The "Blackwater" killers {which protect all of our miserable politicians} will become another yawn.
Since there is more good news about Iraq, nothing will be reported.
Surprise, surprise, surprise...
Updated with photos. ISOF using IQAF MI17s for their training...
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