NO! NO! NO! NO!
The Surge is Working!!!
Posted on 11/13/2007 9:26:09 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military is sending 3,000 soldiers home from Diyala province, the second large unit to leave Iraq as troop levels are cut after a 30,000-strong "surge" earlier this year.
Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, will not be replaced by a new unit when they leave the ethnically and religiously mixed province north of Baghdad by January, military officials said on Tuesday.
Instead, troops from the larger 4th Striker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, located near Baghdad, will take over the area, said military spokeswoman Major Peggy Kageleiry.
"Most of the (brigade) will be home by Christmas and indeed a few people have left," Kageleiry said.
About 2,200 Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit left western Anbar province in late September under President George W. Bush's plan to cut troop levels in Iraq.
Bush poured in an extra 30,000 troops from mid-February in a bid to stop Iraq spiraling into sectarian civil war. There are around 162,000 U.S. soldiers in Iraq, the Pentagon said.
U.S. and Iraqi officials say the troop "surge", more efficient Iraqi security forces and the use of neighborhood patrols have helped bring about sharp falls in U.S. military and Iraqi civilian casualties in the past two months.
Kageleiry said the overall number of troops in Diyala, where violence spiked when al Qaeda fighters were driven out of western Anbar province earlier this year, would not decrease.
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ping!
That’s from Rooto-Reuters, nothing yet on any of the official sites to confirm this.
....NAHY!
Following World War II, the unit returned to the United States and was inactivated. It remained inactive until 15 July 1963, when it was relieved from assignment to the 9th Armored Division, converted and redesignated as HHC, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division.
The Brigade was activated on 1 September 1963, with the Division on station in Korea at the Demilitarized Zone. In July 1965, the Division moved to Fort Benning and underwent reorganization as an airmobile unit. The Brigade sailed from Charleston, South Carolina to Quo Nhon, Republic of Vietnam on 17 September 1965.
The first major action undertaken by the Brigade began on 10 October 1965, and was followed by participation in the Ia Drang Valley operation known as the Pleiku Campaign. For its exceptional performance in the campaign, the Brigade shares with the Division, the Presidential Unit Citation. The 3rd Brigade was formed into a separate unit and assumed operational control of the old 1st Cavalry Division area of operations until 10 April 1971.
Finally in 1972, the Brigade left Vietnam for Fort Hood, Texas, to rejoin the 1st Cavalry Division. When its colors arrived at Fort Hood on 29 June 1972, the unit officially became the “Greywolf” Brigade, named after General George Crook, considered our nations greatest Indian Fighter. The Brigade underwent a change from an airmobile configuration to an Infantry Heavy Brigade.
The “Greywolf” Brigade remained with the Division until its inactivation in 1980. It remained on the inactive roles until 21 May 1991, when the 1st “Tiger” Brigade, 2nd Armored Division was redesignated as the 3rd “Greywolf” Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division.
Since that time, the Brigade has participated in several National Training Center rotations, deployed Task Force sized elements to Kuwait, and in September 1996, conducted the first post-Desert Storm, no-notice, brigade sized deployment to Kuwait in support of Operation Desert Strike.
The “surge” is really failing, huh? It’s working so well we can remove thousands of soldiers because they have no more combat duties. (A friend’s son, who works IEDs, says he’s bored: there are no more IEDs to defuse).
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I hope this isn’t premature. It’s going to be politically difficult to send them back if they’re needed.
True...see link at #10 also.
Democrats remain stalled on Iraq debate
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Wonder what Nancy and Harry will say about this report from Rooters?
When we went into Iraq, on the Russert show, she said: "It has been the policy of the Democrat Party to remove Saddam". That's why she voted for the war and no other reason...The Dems intended to take the full credit for the war. Apparently they forgot that Bush was President...and instead saw an opportunity to begin the "Bash Bush" campaign.
NO! NO! NO! NO!
The Surge is Working!!!
ROFL!!
“Bush poured in an extra 30,000 troops”
s/b
“President Bush poured in an extra 30,000 troops”
;’)
T’anks, Ernest.
LOL... They’re too busy cleaning up an oil spill .. 2Pac Pelosi is on her way out.. just a hunch. along with hillary. ‘bout damn time too.
I believe Bush started pulling troops out at the end of September. Dingy Harry definitely doesn’t listen to the right media sources.
...are already there!
We just got confirmation on our new adopted Stryker team's new APO.
Enterprise is rifling through his sock drawer and jtill has pledged to send a contribution and I just got a check from Kitty Mittens and together with previous contributions from PigRigger and manna I'll be ordering them their first request tomorrow .. 18 Petzl headlamps (4 L.E.D., flip up red lens, covered push button).
Anyone who wants to join in this early Christmas present for Stryker brigade at FOB Warhorse and pledge a contribution so we can up the number of head lamps we send (about $23 a piece), just FReepmail me for information about our Merry Band of Patriots troop support group.
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