https://freerepublic.com/tag/continueprogress/ en-us Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:29:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954324/posts WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2008 – With more than 31,000 citizens now providing security assistance to coalition forces in southern belts of Baghdad and the southern provinces of Iraq, the Iraqi people continue to move forward, a U.S. commander said yesterday. The concerned local citizens man more than 1,400 checkpoints and have pointed out more than 400 weapons caches and improvised explosive devices, Army Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commander of Multinational Division Center, said yesterday during a teleconference with online journalists and “bloggers.” “We are working to establish a sustained security presence and bring Iraqi security forces into specific areas,” Lynch... American Forces Press Service https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954324/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:29:45 GMT