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The Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations told a University of South Dakota audience Wednesday Oct. 22 that he came to tell the story that most Americans don’t hear about his homeland. “I believe the American people have the right to hear what is going on in Iraq from an Iraqi perspective. You don’t hear it much,” Ambassador T. Hamid Al-Bayati told a packed room of about 200 in the Al Neuharth Media Center. Al-Bayati spent time as a prisoner of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s regime. Saddam hired two people to kill Al-Bayati, who led Iraqi opposition in London...

3/14/2008 - BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- For Airmen stationed at Balad Air Base and Soldiers at the co-located Logistics Support Area Anaconda, staying hydrated is crucial in the desert heat of Iraq. In order to keep hydrated, servicemembers here need to have the confidence the water available to them is safe, so the water undergoes extensive testing by multiple sources to ensure its safety. "Not only is the water safe for personal use, but we even ensure that the bottled water and ice meet the same standard," said Master Sgt. Anthony Dudley, the Logistics Support Area Anaconda Mayor's...

BAGHDAD – Coalition forces killed five terrorists, detained 26 suspects and found several weapons caches Saturday and today during operations to disrupt al-Qaeda networks operating in central and northern Iraq. Coalition forces conducted an operation northwest of Samarra today, targeting an alleged al-Qaeda in Iraq leader involved in propaganda operations for the network in al-Anbar province. The suspect is believed to be associated with several AQI leaders, including foreign terrorists operating outside of Iraq. As Coalition forces arrived in the area, they received enemy fire from four individuals they observed departing the target building and moving into a nearby field....

HADITHA, Iraq – A two-year-old Iraqi girl returned to Haditha March 7 after undergoing open-heart surgery at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University. Ala Thabit Fattah, the girl’s father, and several family members traveled with Marines to Baghdad International Airport to meet Amenah, who departed Iraq Jan. 22 with his wife. “I am very happy. I was very worried that my daughter would not come home alive,” Fattah said. “I am very grateful for the great treatment the American people gave to my family.” The family then flew to Al Asad Airbase in Al Anbar Province, where...

FOB KALSU — Based on a tip, Coalition forces found a weapons cache containing (20) 100 mm guided Cobra missiles near Babbahhani, March 4. Soldiers with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, currently attached to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, made the discovery. “We have to continue to take steps to create a better environment for the Iraqi people and Coalition forces,” said Sgt. 1st Class Xavier Perdue, from Philadelphia, 2nd Platoon sergeant. The old and unserviceable missiles were disposed of by an explosive ordnance disposal team via controlled detonation.

WASHINGTON — Ten terrorists were killed and 16 captured in operations across Iraq Friday, military officials reported. Northeast of Samarra, Coalition forces targeted an alleged al Qaeda in Iraq leader for the Kanan village. In the raid, forces killed eight terrorists, including the wanted individual. Seven suspects were detained. Also in Samarra, forces captured three suspected terrorists. One of the suspects allegedly is a leader for the al Qaeda in Iraq network in Samarra. Another is believed to be a direct associate of al Qaeda in Iraq senior leadership. North of Tarmiyah, forces captured an alleged associate of the al...

FOB HAMMER — Coalition leaders from the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team (HBCT) met with leaders of the Iraqi security forces (ISF) in the Mada’in Qada, March 5, at Forward Operating Base Hammer. Col. Wayne W. Grigsby, Jr., commander of the 3rd HBCT, hosted the meeting to discuss security in the qada, the brigade’s area of operation, and to welcome Maj. Gen. Kassim, commander of the 9th Iraqi Army (IA) Division. “From this day on, you are part of this family,” said Grigsby, from Prince George’s County, Md. “We are all working together to support the mayor and the good...

Voters from Southeast Rashid raise their hands in favor of a candidate during elections at Joint Security Station Doura in southern Baghdad, March 5. The elections were the first of their kind, providing the people with seven representatives to the Government of Iraq. Photo by Pfc. Nathaniel Smith, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. BAGHDAD — In the United States, “Decision ‘08� is getting into full swing with political parties holding primaries and caucuses in states around the Nation. In southern Baghdad, the story is no different as the people of East Rashid held elections this week to determine...

Coalition Troops Free Captive Iraqis, Detain Suspected Terrorists American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 21, 2007 – Coalition forces freed five captive Iraqis and detained six suspected terrorists during operations throughout Iraq today. Coalition forces freed five Iraqis who had been held captive and tortured by terrorists, targeting the building where the captives were held northeast of Karmah during continued operations to disrupt the al Qaeda network operating in the area. After a thorough search of the building, ground forces found a padlocked room. Inside were a boy who had been kidnapped and severely beaten with chains, cables and hoses,...

The United States is maintaining the pressure on Iran for its support of both Shia militias and Sunni insurgents. Yet again, Multinational Forces Iraq has detailed the Iranian involvement in supplying weapons and support for the Shia militias. In today's press brief, Major General William Caldwell also stated some aid from Iranian intelligence services was being given to Sunni insurgents. The United States has also rejected the Iranian demand that five Iranian Qods Force officers captured in Irbil last January be released. Iran has been pressing for their release, particularly since the release last week of 15 British sailors and...

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2007 – Coalition and Iraqi forces continued to engage suspected terrorists in multiple operations throughout Iraq using ground forces and aircraft over the past several days, military officials reported. Coalition forces captured five suspected terrorists, including the suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq security emir of the Arab Jabour area, during an operation this morning in Baghdad, military officials said. Intelligence reports indicate that the security emir is suspected of involvement in planning attacks against Iraqi and coalition forces in the Arab Jabour area. Officials said forces found several small arms at the targeted area, and these weapons...

TERRORISTS would not win if coalition forces withdrew from Iraq now, the country's oil minister said today. But Dr Hussain al-Shahristani, who is visiting Australia, said while the Iraqi people were committed to winning the battle, they needed help. "They do need time to build their own forces. "More and more Iraqi people are joining the government forces now and expelling and fighting the terrorists from their regions. "Until we overcome this insurgency, we don't think it's wise for the international community to withdraw its support." Dr al-Shahristani said Iraqi troops should be ready to take over the country's security...

KABUL, Afghanistan — An insurgent attack on a British base killed two soldiers and an Afghan interpreter, military officials said Sunday, while at least 20 militants died during clashes and coalition airstrikes. The deaths come amid a massive anti-Taliban campaign in southern Afghanistan involving more than 10,000 Afghan and coalition soldiers. It is the largest military offensive since the former regime's ouster in late 2001. ... There has been a spike of violence in recent weeks as the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force prepares to take over security in southern Afghanistan from the U.S-led coalition. On Sunday, coalition airstrikes killed...

COALITION and Afghan troops killed about 45 Taliban insurgents in strikes in southern Afghanistan overnight, as two soldiers were killed in combat operations in the east, the US-led force said. About 40 insurgents were killed in an attack on a "known enemy camp" in Uruzgan province, while another five were killed in a separate operation in the same province, the coalition said. The two coalition soldiers were killed while on patrol in the eastern province of Kunar, it said, without releasing their nationalities. The larger coalition attack was in the west of Uruzgan where "coalition forces engaged the enemy in...

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Coalition Forces handing out toys BAQUBAH, Iraq – Soldiers from Task Force 1-10 handed out donated toys and stuffed animals August 31 to the children that live around the mayor’s office here. The soldiers and the children enjoyed the interaction with one another and the children left with smiles on their faces. Iraqi police basic marksmanship training FORWARD OPERATING BASE Normandy, Iraq – A group of 20 Iraqi police officers gathered to further hone their skills during an intense marksmanship class August 31. Coalition Forces stood by as seven Iraqi instructors trained the police with intense one on one personalized...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2005 – Afghan and coalition forces stopped several terrorist attacks on Aug. 5 and 6 when they destroyed three improvised explosive devices in southern and eastern Afghanistan, U.S. military officials said today. The first IED was found near Mehtar Lam, in Laghman province, and transferred to a nearby company of Marines. The Marines rendered the device safe before transporting it to a U.S. military base, where it will be destroyed, officials said. The second IED was discovered in southern Afghanistan. Afghan police forces disabled the device, made from an anti-tank mine, before turning it over to U.S....

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 2005 – Iraqi and coalition forces successfully defeated a coordinated terrorist attack Aug. 5 at an Iraqi army post south of Baghdad, officials said. Six of the terrorists were killed. Twelve were captured. The terrorists launched the attack with mortar rounds and small-arms fire at 7:55 p.m. Iraqi soldiers returned fire while Task Force Baghdad attack helicopters rushed to the site and engaged the terrorists with rockets and gunfire, officials said. Almost simultaneously, a suicide bomber drove a truck into a nearby Iraqi army checkpoint. One Iraqi soldier was killed in the explosion. Another was wounded. The...

Indigenous forces learning military, reconstruction, humanitarian skillsMulti-National Force–Iraq, representing U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq, issued a fact sheet July 4 that details progress made by the coalition and by units of the Iraqi military forces in recent weeks.Following is the text of the fact sheet:BAGHDAD, Iraq: Daily accomplishments, both large and small -– in governance, security and reconstruction –- marked progress toward Iraqi self-reliance as the country marked a year of sovereignty June 28. What follows is a partial list of these successes.• On June 1, in the first move of its kind, Coalition forces officially transferred full responsibility...

IRANA (Reuters) - Albania will increase the number of its soldiers in Iraq to 120 from the current 70, a government spokesman said on Friday. The decision takes effect in April, when soldiers currently serving a six-month stint under U.S. command return home. Albania has been a staunch supporter of the United States since Washington led a NATO bombing campaign against Serb troops accused of killing and expelling ethnic Albanian civilians in Kosovo. Albanian public opinion supports its contribution to the U.S.-led force in Iraq, where two Albanian-born U.S. Marines have been killed. (File photo) Two Albanians in traditional...

Photos From the Various Fronts on the War on Islamic Terrorism 1st Lt. Nick Ramseur, a platoon commander with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, talks to local citizens of a village in Khowst Province, Afghanistan, during a security operation, Jan. 31, 2005. The operation consisted of a supply distribution to villages lacking in medical equipment and food, and a Mosque assessment for the potential restoration of important religious buildings that are deteriorating. Official Photo by: CPL. JAMES L. YARBORO, 3RD MARINE DIVISION , FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, KHOWST PROVINCE , Afghanistan Chief Master Sgt. Dana Futch, superintendent with...

This is Part I in the photo-documentary series relating to the Combined Forces Command of the Afghan-anti-terrorist front. As other photos are submitted we shall post them in the order they arrive. Naturally the more up to date photographs the better, but since the general public, in most cases, shall be viewing these pictures for the first time our emphasis, unlike to the left leaning mass-media, is to demonstrate there are indeed numerous countries deeply engaged in the counter-jihad wars, in this case being Afghanistan. If you have additional photographs concerning Afghanistan coupled with brief story lines, with a...

The majority in the mass-media only wish the general public to view the chaos, evil & even tragic deaths of Coalition troops caused by Islamic terrorists via 'homicide' car bombings, triggered by demented, death driven mad men. Free Iraqis are also putting their lives on the line everyday in their brave service in the Iraqi Army & police forces. It's high time the public is shown Coalition forces for all the various humanitarian assistance they have been offering the normal freedom loving people of Iraq. The very real sacrifice Coalition troops are making every day of the week will be...

=========================================== Iraq will hold its first democratic elections for more than 50 years on January 30TH, it was announced yesterday. The decision, despite the heavy violence in Sunni areas, comes 20 months after the US-led toppling of Saddam Hussein and represents a gamble that elections will help to stabilise the country. Some 126 parties and individuals have already been approved to run in the elections, in which up to 15 million people will vote for a 275-member National Assembly. PHOTOS: A door gunner on a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter looks down on Baghdad during a flight from Mosul, 11-27-04...

Another jihadist terrorist in his sight. A U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment soldier scans the area through his rifle scope during a joint early morning raid on insurgent targets in Mosul, Iraq. 11-26-04 DEFEATED JIHADISTS! These islamic terrorists came to Iraq for the sole purpose of creating chaos & death. They were caught! Islamists, you will NOT win anything! ---raqi policeman takes off blindfold of Walid Mohammed, from Tunisia, while Bassem Faleh from Saudi Arabia looks on in Basra Iraq (news - web sites) Friday Nov. 26th 2004. The two and three other foreign fighters were captured...

In this photo released by the Iraqi government, sacks of chemicals are seen after Iraqi troops searching suspected terrorist hideouts in Fallujah discovered a laboratory with manuals manufacturing explosives and toxins including anthrax, Iraq's national security adviser Qassem Dawoud said Thursday, Nov. 25th, 2004.(AP Photo/Iraqi Gorvernment) In this photo released by the Iraqi government, chemicals are seen after Iraqi troops searching suspected terrorist hideouts in Fallujah discovered a laboratory with manuals manufacturing explosives and toxins including anthrax, Iraq's national security adviser Qassem Dawoud said Thursday, Nov. 25th, 2004.(AP Photo/Iraqi Gorvernment)

Prime Minister Marek Belka met on Monday with American President George W. Bush, after an earlier meeting with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Belka, in accordance with earlier announcements, argued the case for handing over more military power to the Iraqi government. Belka said after the meeting with Rumsfeld that the Polish division in Iraq will be cooperating with Iraqi defense force in a much closer way. He added that he did not talk about reducing the Polish military presence in the country, but admitted that Poland would like to withdraw some of its soldiers in 2005. The talks with the...

The United States asked the Al Jazeera news team to leave Fallujah as one of the conditions of reaching a cease fire settlement to the bloody stand off in the besieged western Baghdad town Friday April 9.'American forces declared al Jazeera must leave before any progress is made to settle the Fallujah stand off,' al Jazeera director general Wadah Khanfar told Islam Online.Net, citing sources close to the Iraqi Governing Council. Khanfar, the former Baghdad bureau chairman of the station, declined to speculate on reasons for putting Al Jazeera's departure as 'part of solving the crisis.' Khanfar also dismissed charges...

A recent spike in attacks against coalition forces in Iraq has left two more coalition soldiers dead, a coalition military spokesman said today at a Baghdad news conference. A coalition soldier was killed and one was wounded today in an improvised explosive device attack on their patrol near Ramadi, said Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, Combined Joint Task Force 7 deputy operations director. The wounded soldier was taken to the 31st Combat Support Hospital, Kimmitt added, but he provided no further details. Another soldier, from the 13th Corps Support Command, Fort Hood, Texas, was killed and one was wounded March...

On March 17, 2004, H. Res. 557, a resolution presented at the House of Representatives that "commended the members of the United States Armed Forces and Coalition forces for liberating Iraq and expressed its gratitude for their valiant service.", despite fierce opposition by the Democratic Party, passed 327 ayes, to 93 noes. The following 90 Democrats, 2 Republicans, and one Independent, couldn't find it in their hearts to put politics aside and voted AGAINST commending the United States Armed Forces and Coalition forces for liberating Iraq, and REFUSED to express their gratitude for our Armed Forces' and Coalition forces" valiant...

"The spread of weapons of mass terror is one of the most urgent threats facing the globe today," Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told members of the Proliferation Security Initiative here today. Wolfowitz addressed the group, in which 16 nations are represented, during PSI's conference at the National Defense University. "The threat is global, and our response has to be global as well," he said. "We have to address this threat now, before an attack that would make the events of Sept. 11 pale in comparison." The PSI is a response to the growing challenge posed by the proliferation of...

Travel FeatureTake A Coalition Vacation!Christina Valhouli The news these days is full of the Iraq war and the impact it is having on travel. The airlines have just been awarded a $3 billion rescue package by Congress to stave off bankruptcy, and hotels around the world are watching advance reservations evaporate like water in the Iraqi desert. But for intrepid--and patriotic--Americans who are still looking to go on holiday overseas in coming months, this might be the year to take a pass on countries like France or Germany. Click here for slide show To be sure, Paris is always...

Further fierce bombing is expected tonight as the focus of the war shifted to the Iraqi capital.United States Coailtion Commander Tommy Franks has been given the 'green light' to move on Baghdad when he feels the time is right United States forces said.There is expected to be futher 'softening up' of the Republican Guard positions South of the city.Meanwhile in a defiant statement broadcast on Iraqi TV Saddam Hussein called on his people to take part in 'Jihad' -or holy war against Allied troops.

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 03/29/03 Pt 2 - Strike Videos, Coalition forces BREAKING: Strike Videos BREAKING: Update Coalition forces in Iraq Enemy troops in western Iraq are attacked (388 KB) Download mpg file here A tank in the open is destroyed. (356 KB)Download mpg file here A communication dish is destroyed. (1.1 MB)Download mpg file here Map of coalition forces in Iraq A map showing in shaded areas the 35 to 40 percent of Iraq lost to the regime Shaded area on map shows the 95 percent of Iraq where coalition has air supremacy Military equipment...