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Iraq-Jordan
Iraqi Counterinsurgency Troops to Target Urban Terrorists
2004-06-19
Posted by:Super Hose

#2  "Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan directed that the first-available INTF unit be deployed into southeast Baghdad at the end of this month."

Guess whose neighborhood this is? It aint Mr. Rogers...

Bye Bye Moqtada Al Sadr. Your own are coming after you, and unlike us, these guys do not play nice, nor do they need to worry about being criticized for not taking you prisoner.
Posted by: OldSpook   2004-06-19 6:29:51 PM  

#1  Petraeus did such a fantastic job of leading the 101st AD in northern Iraq last year that he got a 3d star and second tour. This article contains a bio: http://www.kentuckynewera.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?/200404/02+Petraeus-leaving-04-02-04_news.html+20040402+news
Sorry, I tried linking it but it didn't work.
Posted by: GK   2004-06-19 10:28:10 AM  

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