http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/phantomfury/ en-us Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:07:31 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994010/posts NARRATIVE NOMINATING SSG DAVID BELLAVIA FOR THE MEDAL OF HONOR DURING OPERATION PHANTOM FURY FALLUJAH, IRAQ On the night of 10 November 2004 Third Platoon, A Company, Task Force 2-2 IN near OBJ Wolf in Fallujah, Iraq, was ordered to attack to destroy six to eight Anti Iraqi Forces (AIF). 1LT Edward Iwan, the A Company Executive Officer, had identified six to eight AIF who had entered a block of twelve buildings. These AIF had engaged A55 and tanks from Team Tank with automatic weapons and rocket fire. Having a 25 mm cannon malfunction, 1LT Edward Iwan cordoned off the... Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994010/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:07:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854133/posts A status update on the operations in the Baghdad Belts and beyond Operation Phantom Fury, the name of the overarching operation to secure the Baghdad Belts, is now in its fifth day. As noted yesterday, Phantom Thunder is a corps level operation, with multiple U.S. and Iraqi divisions engaged on multiple fronts. Iraqi Security Forces and Multinational Forces Iraq are engaged in intense fights in four main theaters: Baghdad proper, and the belts regions consisting of Diyala and southern Salahadin province to the north, northern Bail province to the south, and eastern Anbar province to the west of Baghdad. The... The Forth Rail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854133/posts#comment Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:15:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699634/posts U.S. soldiers show their flag with Sept. 11 written to mark the 5th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday Sept.11, 2006. Five years after Sept. 11, the United States is winning the war against terrorism, but any let-up in the fight now would only embolden terrorists such as al-Qaida, said U.S. officials Monday. (AP Photo/Samir Mizban) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699634/posts#comment Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:58:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1698590/posts SOLDIERS PAUSE — U.S. Army soldiers from Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, pause at the end of a patrol near Wynot, Iraq. (U.S. Army courtesy photo) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1698590/posts#comment Sat, 9 Sep 2006 23:16:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1698080/posts Iraqi Shi'ites pray during weekly Friday noon prayers at the Imam Hussein shrine in the holy city of Kerbala, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, September 8, 2006. Hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims are expected to gather in Kerbala during the weekend religious celebration marking the birthday of a Shi'ite Saint. (REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammad) (IRAQ) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1698080/posts#comment Fri, 8 Sep 2006 22:37:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697390/posts Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki , second left, takes a pen from top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. George Casey, after signing a document which puts the Iraqi prime minister in direct control of the country's military, at a ceremony, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday Sept.7, 2006. Coalition forces handed over control of Iraq's armed forces command to the government on Thursday, a move U.S. officials have hailed as a crucial milestone on the country's difficult road to independence. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697390/posts#comment Thu, 7 Sep 2006 22:47:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1696015/posts U.S. President George W. Bush makes remarks on the global war on terror to the Military Officers Association of America in Washington September 5, 2006. (REUTERS/Jim Young) (UNITED STATES) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1696015/posts#comment Tue, 5 Sep 2006 22:40:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695460/posts LIVE-FIRE RANGE – Marines serving with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's (Special Operations Capable) MEU Service Support Group 24 participate in an enhanced marksmanship program and crew-served weapon live-fire range while training in Dijibouti, Africa, Aug. 26, 2006. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeffrey A. Cosola) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695460/posts#comment Mon, 4 Sep 2006 22:52:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694984/posts Sun Sep 3, 1:21 PM ET - Iraq's national security advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie, seen here in July 2006, has said that Hamed Jumaa al-Saedi -- Al-Qaeda's number two in Iraq -- has been arrested. Saedi is accused of masterminding an attack on a revered Shiite shrine that triggered a brutal wave of sectarian killings. (AFP/File/Ali Al-Saadi) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694984/posts#comment Sun, 3 Sep 2006 22:43:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694584/posts Head of the Iraqi Accordance Front, the largest Sunni block with 44 seats in parliament, Adnan al-Dulaimi addresses a press conference, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday Sept. 2, 2006. Al-Dulaimi urged all militia groups to stop the killings and kidnappings of Iraqis especially in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Samir Mizban) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694584/posts#comment Sat, 2 Sep 2006 23:43:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1692155/posts Iraqi special police commandos attend target practice in Baghdad August 29, 2006. The training is aimed at providing tighter security to high Iraqi government officials and other VIPs. (REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud) (IRAQ) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1692155/posts#comment Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:52:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1691447/posts New graduates from the Iraq Military Academy embrace relatives and fellow new officers after their graduation ceremony in Baghdad August 28, 2006. (Faleh Kheiber/Reuters) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1691447/posts#comment Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:16:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1691033/posts The top U.S. commander in Iraq George Casey, center front, leaves after a visit to an Iraqi army camp in Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday Aug. 27, 2006. A series of bomb explosions left at least 18 people dead and dozens were wounded Sunday as Iraq's relentless violence remained unabated despite an appeal from Shiite prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for reconciliation and an end to sectarian fighting. (AP Photo/Adam Hadei) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1691033/posts#comment Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:19:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1689536/posts Thu Aug 24, 12:07 PM ET - Army General John Abizaid is seen in this August 3, 2006 file photo. Abizaid on Thursday praised a major U.S.-led security clampdown in Baghdad, saying it has brought 'great progress' and said that Iraq was far from civil war. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1689536/posts#comment Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:02:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688898/posts Witness Moussa Abdullah Moussa shows a document with photographs of people he claims that were also killed by chemical attacks during his testimony on day 3 of the Anfal Campaign trial in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Wednesday Aug. 23, 2006. For a second day, survivors took the stand in the trial, in which Saddam and six co-defendants are charged over the 1987-1988 Anfal campaign, a military sweep against the Kurds of northern Iraq in which tens of thousands of people were killed. (AP Photo/ Daniel Berehulak, Pool) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688898/posts#comment Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:09:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688279/posts Suspected insurgents sit inside a military headquarters in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad August 22, 2006. The men were among the 13 people arrested and assorted weapons were confiscated from them during an early morning raid in Muqdadiya, a military official said. (REUTERS/Stringer) (IRAQ) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688279/posts#comment Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:03:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687627/posts Mon Aug 21, 12:31 PM ET - US President George W. Bush, seen here, has said he was worried that Iraq might slip into civil war but forcefully rejected calls for an immediate US withdrawal, saying that would be a "disaster." (AFP/Paul J. Richards) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687627/posts#comment Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:14:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687063/posts An Iraqi policeman helps a suspected militant from a police truck, in Baqouba, 60 kilometers, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug.20, 2006. Working on an intelligence report, Iraqi policemen on Aug.19, 2006, raided a neighborhood near Baqouba and captured 25 suspected militants, poice said. (AP Photo) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687063/posts#comment Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:08:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686618/posts Iraqi children play soccer on a deserted street, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday Aug.19, 2006. An uneasy silence cloaked the streets of Baghdad on Saturday at the start of a two-day vehicle ban aimed at preventing attacks during a major Shiite religious gathering, as seven pilgrims were shot dead in a Sunni neighborhood. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686618/posts#comment Sat, 19 Aug 2006 23:05:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686168/posts In this photo released by the Iraqi Presidential Press office, Jordanian envoy Ahmed al-Lozi, left, presents his credentials to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday Aug. 18, 2006. Al-Lozi has become the first fully accredited Arab ambassador in the country since the fall of Saddam Hussein, an official said Friday. (AP Photo/Iraqi Presidential Press Office) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686168/posts#comment Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:13:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1685556/posts An Iraqi soldier patrols a street in Basra, Iraq's second largest city August 17, 2006. (REUTERS/Atef Hassan) (IRAQ) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1685556/posts#comment Thu, 17 Aug 2006 23:07:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1683066/posts IRAQ VISIT –Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace poses with fellow Marines after giving a speech in Fallujah, Iraq, Aug. 13, 2006. Pace is in Iraq to meet with U.S. military commanders and visit the troops. (Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen, U.S. Air Force) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1683066/posts#comment Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:03:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1682606/posts An unidentified member of an Iraqi Shiite group, right, talks to a member of a Sunni group, during the national reconciliation meeting, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday Aug. 12, 2006. The meeting, which was attended by several representatives of Iraq's ethnic and sectarian groups Saturday discussed ways for reconciliation and ending escalating sectarian violence. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1682606/posts#comment Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:12:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1682120/posts An Iraqi marine holds his weapon as he patrols near the Basra Oil Terminal off the Iraqi coast in the waters of the Northern Arabian Gulf close to the port town of Umm Qasr on Tuesday. The terminal is the main source of Iraq's revenue. (Thaier Al-Sudani / AP Photo) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1682120/posts#comment Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:00:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1681474/posts U.S. Colonel Michael Beech (R) speaks during a joint news conference with Iraqi Police Brigadier General Abd al-Rahman Yusif in Baghdad August 10, 2006. (REUTERS/Ahmad al-Rubaye/Pool) (IRAQ) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1681474/posts#comment Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:04:25 GMT