General: Iraq at its quietest since '04

AP on Yahoo ^ | 12/16/07 | Patrick Quinn - ap

[NormsRevenge]

Nice to see Iraqi regulars manning tanks again.
Helicopters coming up next, I presume.

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They have one heli at least.. and I am sure more to come. ;-)

Iraqi soldiers wave their national flag from a military helicopter during a handover ceremony in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Sunday Dec. 16, 2007. British forces formally handed over responsibility Sunday for the last region in Iraq under their control, marking the start of what Britain hopes will be a transition to a mission aimed at aiding the economy and providing jobs in an oil-rich region beset by militia infighting. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

[NormsRevenge]

An Iraqi soldier plants a national flag in the ground near Basra Palace on December 15. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has hailed the transfer of security control in Basra province to Iraqi forces as "a major step forward. "(AFP/Essam Al-Sudani)

[DJ Elliott]

Not many tanks but they are working on it.

Those are part of 3-9 Tank Brigade which deployed from Baghdad to Basrah in Aug/Sep to help new forming 14th Div.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940306/posts

They have only two squadrons of Mi17s and they only got the 57mm rocket pods in the last two months.

P.S. The 14th Division in Basrah is planned to become a Mechanized Division...

[coinsedge]

Great news. Great Post.