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2007-03-21 Iraq

Seven Iraqis killed, 23 injured in attacks in Baghdad

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Posted by Fred 2007-03-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Nothing ever happens in Iraq except bimbs going off and peole getting killed...

Unless you look other than in the MSM:

National Police, MND-B Soldiers drop off school supplies

Iraq Navy on its way to independence

BASRAH The Iraqi Army has begun moving into their new barracks at the Shatt-Al-Arab Hotel, currently home to the 1st Battalion the Staffordshire Regiment

Coalition forces nabbed 18 suspected terrorists, discovered a weapons cache and killed a potential suicide bomber

Elsewhere in Iraq today, coalition forces captured three suspected terrorists in Ramadi, including another alleged IED maker responsible for attacks against coalition forces.

Engineers Help with Oil (Production)

IA Builds Checkpoints (Security against bombers in vulnerable neighborhoods)

In 2006, education opportunities improved for Iraqis with 838 of 849 schools completed. Each completed school serves approximately 400 students for a total of 335,200 students nationwide.

Completed Gulf Region Division water treatment projects have provided the capacity to serve an additional 2.2 million Iraqis with potable water. At the end of the program, the added capacity could serve approximately 5.2 million Iraqis with potable water.

In 2006, medical care improved in Iraq with the renovation of 15 hospitals. Each completed facility sees approximately 500 patients per day for a total of additional 11,000 patients nationwide.

In Iraq, approximately 270 km of village roads have been completed. These projects are directly contracted with local firms and assist in the economic development of smaller communities. The Village Roads program is expected to be completed in July 2007 and will provide 424 km of improved roads.

Baghdad streets are being patched and paved

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Nah America go back to the mall and only listen to what the Dems and their pals inthe press want you to hear....

Stay deaf dumb and blind. You're easier to control that way.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-03-21 01:38|| 2007-03-21 01:38|| Front Page Top

#2 (anger not aimed at Fred, just at the MSM and press since that's the ONLY news they ever seem to see fit to print)

F**king lazy press bastards, just go to the Iraqi MOD site:

Republic of Iraq
Ministry of Defense
Public Relations and Media
General Directorate
Media Directorate
Press desk
Press release No: B07030 k

9 terrorists killed, 32 others captured, 65 suspects detained

The Iraqi Army tracked down terrorists in different operational sectors during the last 24 hours.

The following results were achieved:
Baghdad Sector (Fardh alQanoon) under command of 6th and 9th Divisions
1. Eight terrorists killed, 10 others detained, 30 suspects detained.
2. One IED defused in alTaji.
3. Conducted 85 patrols, 146 checkpoints, two ambushes, and 11 raids.
Mosul Sector under command of 2nd and 3rd Divisions
1. One terrorist killed, nine others captured, and nine suspects detained.
2. Two IEDs defused in alMosul / Tall Afar.
3. Conducted 85 patrols, 54 checkpoints, and three raids.
Ramadi Sector under command of 1st and 7th Divisions
1. Five terrorists captured and two suspects detained.
2. Carried out 172 patrols, 61 checkpoints, and 25 ambushes.
Salah ad Din Diyala Kirkuk, under command of 4th and 5th Divisions
1. Eight terrorists killed and 22 suspects detained.
2. One IED defused on BaghdadBaquba road.
3. Carried out 110 patrols, 92 checkpoints, and five raids.
Central Southern Euphrates Sector under command of 8th and 10th Divisions
1. Two suspects detained.
2. Carried out 96 patrols, 110 checkpoints, 41 ambushes, and two raids.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-03-21 01:39|| 2007-03-21 01:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Amen OldSpook.

The Americans and the Iraqi Government [IA soldiers] are working incredibly hard, shedding blood to help the WOT and the Iraqi people, win the hearts & minds if you will.

Yet everyday the media lies about the sacrifices, distorts the record number of completed projects using the technique of burying America's good works in Iraq with countless lies propagated by our enemies.

OTOH, the Terrorists and their supporters have effortlessly won the hearts & minds of the MSM. Further, the media has returned the love by freely giving the terrorist free unfiltered airtime and ink.

Go git em Dawg!

Posted by RD 2007-03-21 02:47|| 2007-03-21 02:47|| Front Page Top

#4 What more do you expect from a nation that gets it's news from the likes of katie couric. The true story is impossible to tell I guess.

Posted by newc">newc 2007-03-21 08:33|| 2007-03-21 08:33|| Front Page Top

#5 actually even NPR went this morning (after discussing the travails of Gonzales) with the battle near Fallujah, and said several insurgents died, and 5 Iraqi coppers wounded. From which I concluded it was a pretty good day in Iraq, cause otherwise theyd have led with whatever bad thing had happened.

But lets be clear. Dropping of school supplies, building waterworks, etc, is NOT going to win this war until we have the security situation to the point were the insurgents cant just blow up what we've just built? Havent we all learned that by now? Clear, hold and build. Build, and dont hold, is just a waste of resources - gives the insurgents a more target rich environment, is all. The MSM isnt dumb to focus on the security situation. They are often innaccurate, and sometimes obnoxius in how they cover it (which is why I come HERE, for balance.

BTW, is there anywhere other than the mall that Bush wants us to be?

Posted by liberalhawk 2007-03-21 09:01|| 2007-03-21 09:01|| Front Page Top

#6 BTW, is there anywhere other than the mall that Bush wants us to be?

Nope. And thats the problem I have with President Bush. He has failed to communicate the sense that we as a nation are at war. He needs to be using the "Bully Pulpit" every week to drive it home that the war on terror is going apace, that there is hard fighting to be done in all th4eaters of war, and that Iraq matters. He also has failed to connect us with the war in a personal way - we shoudl have "War bonds", a war tax or some other personal thing that brings the peopel into the shared sacrifice, not jsut the troops and their families. Thats one of the reasons the anti-war folks can get away with so much: there is a disconnect so severe that they can pretend we arent at war and they dont have anything importnat at stake.

Hell, Reagan had the whole nation (except for the fringes) convinced we were at war with the Soviet Union and Communism world-wide, and we had to buckle down and get the job done. And that was without an overt war going on.

This is the major failing Bush has had: he either fails to communicate, or simple refuses to do so.

And in this day and age, failure to communicate is eventually failure to win, especially when the other side, politicially, militarily or culturally, is not afraid to use a press that leans their way.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-03-21 10:21|| 2007-03-21 10:21|| Front Page Top

#7 "And thats the problem I have with President Bush. He has failed to communicate the sense that we as a nation are at war."

And that failure is not accidental: in his January 11th address to the troops at Ft. Benning, Bush said,

"On September the 11th, our nation saw firsthand the destructive vision of a new kind of enemy, and once again the men and women of Fort Benning answered the call to protect our country from that enemy. You know, I knew that right after the attacks, the American psyche being what it is, people would tend to forget the grave threat posed by these people. I knew that. As a matter of fact, I was hoping that would happen so that life would go on. But the fortunate thing for this country is that those who wear the uniform have never forgotten the threat. You understand the stakes."

Yep, they forgot all right, and life did go on. In fact they forgot so well that the Left could step in with a free hand and start convincing people that we shouldn't be fighting. And bit by bit, their anti-war campaign is working.

This was a MAJOR blunder-- one which very likely will cost us this round of the war-- on Bush's part. It's not enough that America's military are at war with the enemy; the American people must be, as well. And a large part of the blame for their failure to support the war can be attributed to Bush's desire for "life to go on."

Bad move.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2007-03-21 10:46|| 2007-03-21 10:46|| Front Page Top

#8 The more I see Bush fail to communicate this message, the more I'm reminded of Lyndon Johnson's failure to call the country to arms over Vietnam. He knew that if he did there was no hope of passing things like his "Great Society" horsecrap or civil rights legislation.
He didn't WANT America to concentrate on winning in Vietnam.

I think Bush is afraid of what might happen here if he calls Muslims out for being the lying, murderous scum that they are. He doesn't want to see vigilantes popping Muslim individuals just for being Muslim, or firebombing mosques, or much less have to deal with an irresistibly huge national call for mass Muzzy deportations.

In short, neither of them wanted to fight their wars the way Americans feel war should be fought--all out, balls to the wall, do whatever it takes to win. Johnson's pussyfoot approach cost him his presidency and brought America its firat, and a completely unnecessary, defeat.

Bush may be doing the same thing.

Posted by Mac 2007-03-21 11:29|| 2007-03-21 11:29|| Front Page Top

#9 America doesn't fight to WIN wars, at least not anymore. But that may be ok in the greater context. If one 'wins' the war, but trashes the economy in the process, what was really accomplished? If one fights to a draw in the war, but the economy thrives (and the enemy's economy is trashed), then one 'wins' the greater war. So when the soldiers fight to a draw in the diversionary battle the Valley Girls forget about the battle but win the greater war by going to the mall. It isn't something a Bush could think up, but I think it fits the facts.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-03-21 18:45|| 2007-03-21 18:45|| Front Page Top

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