If you said the main road to Baghdad Airport… you used to be correct. I’d like to see this report on the CBSNBCABC Evening News!
The Road To Victory – Mudville Gazette
For 2 1/2 years, the road was, in many ways, a symbol of the U.S. failure to secure Iraq. Military convoys roared past in a frantic attempt to escape the looming dangers of suicide bombers, grenades, rockets and booby-trapped litter. But insurgents’ relentless attacks claimed a steady toll.
Then, two months ago, the killings stopped. In October, one person was wounded on the road and no one was killed, according to the U.S. Army, which also calculated the April deaths. The turnaround was owed to simple, boots-on-the-ground military tactics, Army officials said.
And this is how. Many factors contributed to that success – but the one that can’t be overemphasized is the presence of trained Iraqi troops on the street.
The Iraqi soldiers, with a handful of U.S. troops by their side, walked the dusty dirt roads of the neighborhood. Weapons drawn, they searched alleys and courtyards. But mostly, they just walked, calling out greetings to Iraqis gathered outside their homes before the breaking of the fast during the holy month of Ramadan. The sweet scent of spice-infused meat and vegetables filled the night air, as women in black cloaks scurried home with stacks of piping-hot flat bread.
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Ali said the Iraqi soldiers had been influential in helping control the neighborhood, keeping the potential attackers from using side streets to reach the airport road. “We are Iraqis, and we know strangers from their faces,” Ali said. “We can stop them, and we know if they lie to us. The Americans don’t know.”
Bruce (GayPatriot)
I have a friend who just went to Iraq. He is routinely staffed as a guard on that trips to and from the airport. For his sake I’m hoping it’s as safe as I-95. Looking at a picture he sent of himself with the gear he was suited up for to go on that mission, I’d hazard a guess and say it’s still quite a dangerous place to be.
I was a KBR truck driver in Iraq last year. Yes, the road was very dangerous. Lots of IEDs and attacks. From what I hear from a friend working there now, the road is quiet. I am thinking of going back after the new year.
#1
Huh. And I thought they were all underequipped. Where’d he get all the stuff?
Well I’ll be content just to thank god that he’s getting the equipment he needs so that he can come back home. If I found out he was one of the ones that didn’t get the proper body armor, which is really the source of contention, I’d send some over ASAP. I couldn’t help him on the up-armored vehicles, nor do I know if he needs it. I’ll just pray that he doesn’t.
Makes you wonder what ELSE we’re not hearing about in the Iraq war. Ever get the feeling the war is a tuxedo, and the MSM is a pair of brown shoes?
Regards,
Peter Hughes
On a related subject: Media (Eagerly and Willingly) Taken in by Anti-War Moonbat Liar
For more than a year, former Marine Staff Sgt. Jimmy Massey has been telling anybody who will listen about the atrocities that he and other Marines committed in Iraq.
News organizations worldwide published or broadcast Massey’s claims without any corroboration and in most cases without investigation. Outside of the Marines, almost no one has seriously questioned whether Massey, a 12-year veteran who was honorably discharged, was telling the truth.
He wasn’t.
Read On…
Link: http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2005/11/cindy-sheehans-anti-war-marine-is.html
#4
Most of them don’t WANT it. Just more liberal spin, like the body armor issue.
More bad news from Iraq (if you’re a lefty, that is).
A £48m, five-star, 23-storey hotel rising in the city centre; an opulent palace complex being turned into a theme park; cheap flights to the picturesque “Venice of the east” – all the trappings of a country gearing up for a tourist boom.
Except the country in question is Iraq. With a new constitution and elections in the offing, officials insist there is a new beginning. The tourist board has 2,400 staff and 14 offices.
Explain to me again how the Iraqi people were better off under Saddam, and how the situation is hopeless, and how American involvement is making things worse.
Link: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article325277.ece
#9
Whadaya mean???
The terrorist training camps were the theme parks that the libtards would support.