https://freerepublic.com/tag/operationlightening/ en-us Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:12:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1421580/posts Baqir Solagh Jabar, Minister of Interior, has emphasized, that Al-Barq (lightening) forces have captured 1318 terrorists resulted by breaking into their dens and followed the traces through out two weeks of chasing, killing 36 including another 8 Arab nationalities. Jabar has declared car bomb level has declined from 12 cars daily to 0.6, and pointed out to success of Al-Barq forces in guarding innocent people from killing by car bombing. On the other hand, Minister of Interior has said in a press conference, terror symbols have ran away out of Baghdad, adding, the first and second phases of [defeating] terror... Al Sabaah https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1421580/posts#comment Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:12:59 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1411329/posts 40,000 Iraqis to Form Shield in Baghdad By PATRICK QUINN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 21 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq announced plans Thursday to deploy 40,000 police and soldiers in the capital and ring the city with hundreds of checkpoints "like a bracelet" in the largest show of Iraqi force since the fall of Saddam Hussein. In a reminder of the difficulty Iraqi security forces face in stopping insurgent attacks, violence claimed at least 15 lives Thursday in Baghdad including a car bomb that exploded near a police patrol, killing five people and wounding 17. A U.S. helicopter... AP https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1411329/posts#comment Fri, 27 May 2005 01:50:42 GMT