http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/toast/ en-us Tue, 4 Nov 2008 06:27:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124448/posts I’ve checked my email, and I have over a hundred new messages. And I can’t get to anything resorting to ‘Sean Malstrom’ due to real life situations. Luckily I changed my career gears long ago. But my old profession of political analysis is going to be absolutely destroyed. I still think McCain will win the election and do so by a larger margin than Bush did in 2004. When this happens, a hurricane of outrage will be unleashed at the political analysis business, mostly the pollsters. People will demand to know how they could be so off. In other words,... seanmaelstrom.wordpress.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124448/posts#comment Tue, 4 Nov 2008 06:27:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124659/posts I’ve checked my email, and I have over a hundred new messages. And I can’t get to anything resorting to ‘Sean Malstrom’ due to real life situations. Luckily I changed my career gears long ago. But my old profession of political analysis is going to be absolutely destroyed. I still think McCain will win the election and do so by a larger margin than Bush did in 2004. When this happens, a hurricane of outrage will be unleashed at the political analysis business, mostly the pollsters. People will demand to know how they could be so off. In other words,... http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124659/posts#comment Tue, 4 Nov 2008 15:35:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124553/posts I’ve checked my email, and I have over a hundred new messages. And I can’t get to anything resorting to ‘Sean Malstrom’ due to real life situations. Luckily I changed my career gears long ago. But my old profession of political analysis is going to be absolutely destroyed. I still think McCain will win the election and do so by a larger margin than Bush did in 2004. When this happens, a hurricane of outrage will be unleashed at the political analysis business, mostly the pollsters. People will demand to know how they could be so off. In other... seanmalstrom.wordpress.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124553/posts#comment Tue, 4 Nov 2008 12:37:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121447/posts FReep this Digg! Post as many links exposing ObamaNation on Digg as possible between now and election! FLOOD THE PLACE WITH ARTICLES AND VIDEOS EXPOSING OBAMANATION! To find Digg links on FR, simply typing "Digg" into FR's keyword search box. To make sure they can be found, type Digg into keyword section of any "FReep this Digg" post. Also remember, if you have time, saturate Digg with conservative articles/videos exposing the ObamaNation! --------- CONFUSED? What do I mean by "Digg to the top"? Click on the article link that leads to Digg. Once there, hit the Digg icon on the... Digg http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121447/posts#comment Sat, 1 Nov 2008 03:53:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121110/posts The following is a youtube of Darcy Burner's interview with John Carlson and Ken Schram: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnhybrxEEVw youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121110/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:42:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083082/posts WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2008 – The Jack Daniel distillery and United Service Organizations will enlist the help of military spouses and other volunteers to assemble 10,000 Operation USO care packages at a "stuffing party" Sept. 18 at Fort Bragg, NC. The event – called "Toast to the Troops" - will include a barbecue for volunteers and guests and a special celebration concert by country music star and Army veteran Craig Morgan, who served 11 years on active duty and another six years in the Army Reserve. Since 2005, the distillery has been collecting personal messages of support in the... America Supports You http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083082/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:31:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080455/posts Al Qaeda in Iraq's sanctuaries have virtually disappeared from December 2006 to August 2008. Light red areas are where al Qaeda can operate, dark red areas are controlled by al Qaeda. Al Qaeda's senior leadership has lost confidence in its commander in Iraq and views the situation in the country as dire, according to a series of letters intercepted by Multinational Forces Iraq earlier this year. The letters, which have been sent exclusively to The Long War Journal by Multinational Forces Iraq, are a series of communications between Ayman al Zawahiri, al Qaeda's second in command, Abu Ayyub al... The Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080455/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:55:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2078542/posts Obama: "Lipstick on a pig, still a pig." DrudgeReport http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2078542/posts#comment Tue, 9 Sep 2008 23:03:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045489/posts 14 July 2008The war continues to abate in Iraq. Violence is still present, but, of course, Iraq was a relatively violent place long before Coalition forces moved in. I would go so far as to say that barring any major and unexpected developments (like an Israeli air strike on Iran and the retaliations that would follow), a fair-minded person could say with reasonable certainty that the war has ended. A new and better nation is growing legs. What's left is messy politics that likely will be punctuated by low-level violence and the occasional spectacular attack. Yet, the will of the... Michael Yon Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045489/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:33:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042382/posts Click to view images from Taji. Photos by Bill Murray. TAJI, IRAQ: There are few pictures of a US Army Tactical Operations Centers, and once inside you realize why. Everything within the walls of a TOC in Iraq -- and there are dozens at the company, battalion and brigade levels -- is more or less classified. Screen after screen of live Unmanned Aerial Vehicle camera footage, high-definition video from floating balloons tethered high above each forward-operating base, high-powered FM radios connected with ground troops, three tiers of desks with sergeants and captains using internal message and email systems to... The Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042382/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:32:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041762/posts Clashes broke out in the Sadr City district in northeastern Baghdad after Iraqi forces detained a senior Sadrist leader, an Iraqi news outlet reported. Iraqi soldiers and police cordoned several neighborhoods in the Mahdi Army stronghold to contain the fighting that occurred after security forces detained Abbas Abdul Aal, who is a "senior Sadrist leader," Voices of Iraq reported. Aal's nephew was also detailed. "Security forces closed all of the city's outlets and prevented the movement of traffic and pedestrians," an eyewitness told the Iraqi newspaper. The move in Sadr comes one day after Iraqi soldiers closed the Sadrist office... The Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041762/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:25:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040305/posts Muqtada al Sadr. Click to view. Over the space of several days in early June, Muqtada al Sadr has issued two consequential orders that will affect the future of his movement and that of Iraq. Sadr has ordered the reorganization of his infamous Mahdi Army and has forbidden the Sadrist movement from participating in the upcoming provincial elections. Sadr’s first declaration addressed the organization and operations of the Mahdi Army, the military arm of the Sadrist movement. Sadr ordered his militiamen to halt the fighting and announced that a small, specialized unit will have the exclusive right to fight... The Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040305/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:31:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039972/posts A tip led soldiers from the 39th Iraqi Army Brigade to a large cache of munitions and weapons that included 217 rocket-propelled grenades, 354 blocks of C-4, and more than 40 explosively formed projectiles in the Al Husayn district of Amarah, June 29. (US Army photo) Iraqi forces detained four senior Sadrists members of the Maysan provincial council on Wednesday in the latest series of aids targeting senior Sadrist leaders in the former Mahdi Army bastion of Maysan province. Meanwhile, Iraqi special forces uncovered a Mahdi Army headquarters and several large weapons caches in the provincial capital. Police and... The Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039972/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 23:24:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035061/posts BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Iraqi and Coalition forces in and around Baghdad captured more than 100 insurgents and defused 147 improved explosive devices during the past week as part of continued security operations, according to Iraqi and Coalition spokesmen. One insurgent was killed, six kidnap victims liberated and about 700 kilograms of TNT discovered during security sweeps in the past seven days, said Iraqi Army spokesman Major General Qassim Atta during a press conference in Baghdad today. The current security plan, called Fardh al-Qanoon, or `Enforcing the Law,’ has been in place since early 2007, when U.S. planners began implementing a U.S.... The Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035061/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:16:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034838/posts Iraqi security forces continue to target the Sadrist movement and the Mahdi Army in the southern provinces of Maysan, Dhi Qhar, and Wasit over the weekend. More than 113 Mahdi Army fighters and Sadrists were detained since Friday, including a senior Sadrist leader in the city of Al Kut. The arrests come as a major operation was launched in the former Mahdi Army stronghold in Maysan province. On Saturday, Iraqi forces detained Sayyid Tahseen, a senior member of Muqtada al Sadr's political movement, in Al Kut in Wasit province. Iraqi police described Tahseen as "one of the most important individual... The Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034838/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:26:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034306/posts Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured a senior Mahdi Army commander with "close ties" to Muqtada al Sadr's office in Najaf on June 19. Two other senior Mahdi Army commanders in Baghdad and Hillah were captured on June 20 and 21. The Mahdi Army commander captured by Iraqi special forces is thought to be "an influential advisor in west Baghdad" with close ties to the Office of the [Martyr] Sadr in Najaf," Multinational Forces Iraq reported. The commander also is able to appoint Mahdi Army officers into command positions. The US military would not release the identity of the leader as... The Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034306/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:00:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032389/posts Iraqi troops replace border guards. Local police forces are raised. Maliki gives deadline for Mahdi Army to disarm. Sadrists fear being targeted. The Iraqi government and military continue to shape the battlefield for the confrontation with the Mahdi Army in Maysan province. Starting late last week, Iraqi security forces started the operation by sealing off the entrances and exits to the province, deploying additional forces from Baghdad and Basrah, warning the population, starting patrols in Amarah, and relieving the provincial chief of police. Since then, Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki has ordered all wanted Mahdi Army fighters to turn themselves... The Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032389/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:57:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031503/posts Muqtada al Sadr. Muqtada al Sadr has ordered the Sadrist political movement to boycott the upcoming provincial elections. Sadr's order comes one day after his order to disband the Mahdi Army as a fighting force and the creations of a small, armed wing to attack Coalition forces exclusively. Sadrist aides claim Sadr rejects the election process and fears being associated with the occupation. "Sayyid Muqtada does not believe in elections or in the coming provincial governments as long as the occupation forces are here," Salah al Obaidi, a senior aide to Sadr, told The Washington Post. "We don't want... The Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031503/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:10:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029704/posts Iraqi police have captured three Iranian-backed Special Groups operatives behind the kidnapping and murder of five US soldiers at the Karbala Provincial Joint Coordination Center in January 2007. Meanwhile, US troops captured another Special Groups leader in the Al Kut region, The Iraqi police captured the three "key criminals" behind the 2007 Karbala attack in Musayyib, just south of Baghdad, on June 5. The three Special Groups operatives are "suspected of trafficking and emplacing explosively formed projectiles." Explosively formed projectiles are the signature weapon of Shia terrorists with links to Iran. The US military immediately suspected Iran's Qods Force, the... The Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029704/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:52:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028783/posts Sadr returns to Iraq for a short period of time in May 2007 to deliver a sermon in Kufa. [AP Photo] Click to view. Written by Bill Roggio and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross for The Daily Standard. IN THE PAST MONTH, Iraqi and coalition forces have succeeded in their fight against the Mahdi Army's "special groups." On May 3, the U.S. military destroyed a special groups command center in Sadr City, killing a wanted leader in the attack. On May 25, Iraqi special operations forces captured a mid-level special groups leader in the al-Shuala area of Baghdad. And on May 31,... The Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028783/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:37:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024649/posts Iraqi and Coalition forces press operations against the Mahdi Army in Baghdad and Basrah despite the cease-fire signed with the Mahdi Army in Sadr City. The Iraqi Army has expanded its operations in Basrah province to the east just along the Iranian border, while eleven Mahdi Army fighters have been captured during operations in Baghdad over the past 24 hours. Iraqi soldiers and police, backed by US and British advisers, have expanded Operation Knights’ Assault to the eastern town of Abu Al Khasib, a region east of Basrah on the Iranian border. A brigade from the 1st Iraqi Army Division,... The :Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024649/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 05:55:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021824/posts Soldiers from Troop B, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, maneuver down a path while receiving heavy indirect fire and rocket-propelled grenade fire just on the outskirts of Shula May 16. (US Army photo / Sergeant James Hunter) Iraqi Special Operations Forces have captured a senior Mahdi Army Special Groups leader in the Shula neighborhood in the Ghazaliyah district in northwestern Baghdad. The Shula neighborhood has been a target of US and Iraqi forces over the past several weeks as the fighting in Sadr City has largely subsided. The Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured what Multinational Forces Iraq called a... The Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021824/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 12:23:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019330/posts Arkan Hasnawi. Click the image to view wanted the Mahdi Army leaders in Baghdad. The US military killed a senior member of the Mahdi Army, according US and Mahdi Army sources. Arkan Hasnawi, a senior lieutenant of the Mahdi Army commander in Sadr City, was killed in a guided rocket strike in Sadr City on March 3. The news of Hasnawi's death comes as details emerge on the senior leadership of the Mahdi Army in Baghdad and the blurring of the lines between Sadr's militia and the Special Groups. Hasnawi was among several senior Mahdi Army leaders killed or... The Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019330/posts#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 21:02:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2013838/posts Quote: "It is wonderful to be back in Oregon," Obama said. "Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it." L.A. Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2013838/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2008 01:05:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013873/posts Soldiers from Company A, 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division set concrete barriers in place in the surroundings of the southern portion of the Sadr City district of Baghdad May 3. (US Army photo/Specialist Joseph Rivera Rebolledo) The battle for Sadr City continues as US and Iraqi forces continue to erect the concrete security barrier on Qods Street, the main thoroughfare that divides the southern third of Sadr City from the northern portion. US Special Operations Forces teams have entered the fray, and the specialized teams are fighting inside the Mahdi Army bastion for... The Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013873/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2008 02:53:04 GMT