Posted on 11/25/2005 6:14:47 AM PST by armydawg1
The U.S. military's recent offensive in western Iraq has had a devastating impact on the al-Qaida-backed insurgency....
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
"It's been very successful," Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch told a briefing in Baghdad on Wednesday, referring to a series of security offensives conducted by U.S. and Iraq forces in Anbar province since September 28.
Though media reports suggest recent U.S. casualties are due to deteriorating security conditions in Iraq as a whole, most were incurred during the new offensive - dubbed "Operation Steel Curtain."
In quotes picked up by Reuters, Gen. Lynch noted that despite the heavy combat, U.S. troop casualties had fallen more than 30 percent in November compared with last month. During the November 2004 assault on Fallujah, the monthly casualty rate was nearly twice what it is now.
The Anbar operations, and others in the northern Iraq city of Mosul, have been focused on foreign fighters and militants linked to al-Qaida's chief of operations in Iraq, Abu Musab al Zarqawi, Gen. Lynch said.
Noting that Zarqawi was nearly captured last week, Gen. Lynch said the close call was a result of the terror group's deteriorating position in the country.
"We come close to Zarqawi continuously," the top military man explained, adding, "At one point in time in the not too distant future, we will capture or kill him."
More good news, although John Murtha might have to sit a while to decide who the enemy is since he says "Our troops have become the enemy."
Even though Reuters picked this up, its not even on Fox's website. Fox continues to slide into the MSM, as I continue to slide away from them. Too much good news here.
Great news. the MSM will be wearing black.
This is why they want to talk.
"Some Iraq insurgent groups want to talk"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1527988/posts
Don't tell me the MSM is being deceptive in their reporting? /sarc
Everyone knows we're not making ANY progress in Iraq!
Great graphic.
It's only a matter of time.
UBL has been too quiet for him to be alive and well.
I have no doubt some other mad asshole will take Zarqawi's place....but if he were to be silenced, so to speak, there would be some respite.
Bump for the good news that the MSM never speaks about.
And yes, our guys are coming to get all you goat-humping rag heads. The next sound you hear may be your last.
In the same period, the US lost 172. Better than a 4:1 ratio. And we probably haven't had any captured troops.
Most likely.
"capturing 1,500..."
Unfortunately, we're not smart enough to keep them in jail, though.
Good news from Iraq * ping *
...And deliver his head to President Talabani.
Fox continues to slide into the MSM, as I continue to slide away from them
Which is why I rely on FR for most of my daily news. I guess I am just getting a little sick of Fox and their "another blond is missing" series. I still like Neil Cavuto, John Gibson, Fred Barnes, etc and of course I love Oliver North's War stories. But other than a few of those guys I am really getting turned off by FNC anymore.
What we are really not smart enough to do is kill them rather than take them prisoner!
you took the thought right out of my mind.
vaudine
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