[July 4th]

Unlike Ollie North and the 3rd Infantry, we can get a new thread and a clean pair of underwear.

[July 4th]

Welcome to all the new Freepers! There have been a bunch over the past few days.

[gop212]

Home sweet home!

[SoldiersGirl]

hahahaha
Greta just said "Ok, let's talk Turkey"

[Diddle E. Squat]

Here's a scaled map of Iraq for perspective:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/images/iraq-map-group1.gif

Texans can think of it as from the Red River to the Rio Grande, and Louisiana to Lubbock. US military crossed the Rio Grande at McAllen, Marines took Brownsville earlier today. Other units have raced north and crossed the Nueces, and are currently somewhere south of San Antonio. Will eventually encounter the outer ring of Republican Guard that encircles Austin south of San Marcos. Meanwhile other units have secured airfields around Midland and San Angelo, and are moving east. Several reports of explosions and engagements in the Kurdish areas around Dallas, and Turkish troops have crossed the Red River and there is a fear that they will move to take Denton.