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| Iraq |
| Viper's Bite Successful |
| 2007-05-31 |
| Camp Echo, Iraq-- Multinational Division Central South Brigade Combat Team (BCT) and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) conducted a successful military operation in Al Izza district in Al Kut city, in Wasit province. Joint Iraqi Police detachment and MND-CS Brigade Combat Team conducted an operation dubbed Viper's Bite. The result of this operation, which involved close air support, resulted in Coalition Soldiers, along with the Iraqi police detained 13 persons suspected of insurgent activities. Three of them are on the most wanted persons list in Waist province. The rest of the detainees have been handed over to the Iraqi Police. The joint forces seized machine guns, rocket propelled grenades, 122 mm artillery shells and approximately 1500 rounds of small caliber ammunition during the Viper's Bite Operation, "My soldiers always conduct their tasks with enthusiasm and commitment. I am proud of them," said Brig. Gen. Miroslaw Rozanski, the MND CS BCT commander, after the operation It was a joint military operation of ISF and Coalition Forces which ended with success. For more information, contact Maj. Szczepan Gluszczak, MND-CS Public Information Office. Miroslaw Rozanski and Szczepan Gluszczak? From the French contingent? |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #7 #4: "If pronouncing the name sounds like coughing up a hairball, it's probably German or Czech." Hey! I resemble that remark. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-05-31 18:22 |
| #6 I thought the headline was about Evita. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2007-05-31 17:56 |
| #5 The eye doctor asked me if I could read the eye chart. I said: "Not only can I read the eye chart, I think I know that guy. S-z-c-z-e-p-a-n." |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-05-31 11:00 |
| #4 The more consonants in a name, the more likely it is to be Slavic. If pronouncing the name sounds like coughing up a hairball, it's probably German or Czech. I grew up in the Chicago area, with neighbors and classmates named Miloshev, Jelencic, Szczech, Matousek, as well as Nakamoto, Abu-Gheida, Boodoosingh, Mastrantonio, Castellaneta. I come from a long line of Schlinzachs, Vogelsangs, and Gutswillers; and my own family couldn't agree on how to pronounce the Dinaric Alp surname I was born with. Rule of thumb for pronouncing your neighbors' names: Break these names into syllables and pronounce them with whatever confidence you can muster. |
| Posted by: mom 2007-05-31 09:53 |
| #3 It had occurred to me the names might also reflect Norwegian ancestry... And Google sez: 17th Mechanized Brigade (Poland) (Brig. Gen. Miroslaw Rozanski) |
| Posted by: Steve 2007-05-31 07:19 |
| #2 No offense intended, JFM. It had occurred to me the names might also reflect Norwegian ancestry... |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-05-31 06:58 |
| #1 HEy, se have a Sarkozy as president why couldn't we have Rozansky and Gluckzacks in our officer corps? |
| Posted by: JFM 2007-05-31 06:47 |