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So much for the war being over. If the mission is accomplished with so much
death going on still then clearly the mission was a joke to begin with.
U.S.-Iraqi Offensive Nets Suspected Rebels Sun May 22, 2:44 PM ET
BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi troops launched a military offensive in
Baghdad's western Abu Ghraib district late Sunday and detained an
unspecified number of suspected insurgents, the military said.
Four battalions of Iraqi troops and three battalions of police backed by
U.S. forces on foot and in military vehicles cordoned off areas across
western Baghdad and searched "suspected terrorist locations," the statement
said.
Operation Squeeze Play was launched to "minimize insurgent activity in
western Baghdad," including Abu Ghraib, the military said, focusing on an
area in which militants have launched numerous attacks, particularly against
the U.S.-run detention facility located there.
The suspects were being held for further questioning.
The statement lauded the cooperation between the Iraqi army and interior
ministry forces.
"Iraqi army and ministry of interior forces worked very well together and
demonstrated good, solid fundamental skills today," said Col. Mark A.
Milley, commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.
A major part of the U.S. exit strategy from Iraq is aimed at building up
an Iraqi security force capable of maintaining order and combating the
country's rampant insurgency.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050522/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_offensive/nc:736;_yl
t=AgwXVpi0k6rveYFgQLwnNIILewgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
So much for the war being over. If the mission is accomplished with so much
death going on still then clearly the mission was a joke to begin with.
U.S.-Iraqi Offensive Nets Suspected Rebels Sun May 22, 2:44 PM ET
BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi troops launched a military offensive in
Baghdad's western Abu Ghraib district late Sunday and detained an
unspecified number of suspected insurgents, the military said.
Four battalions of Iraqi troops and three battalions of police backed by
U.S. forces on foot and in military vehicles cordoned off areas across
western Baghdad and searched "suspected terrorist locations," the statement
said.
Operation Squeeze Play was launched to "minimize insurgent activity in
western Baghdad," including Abu Ghraib, the military said, focusing on an
area in which militants have launched numerous attacks, particularly against
the U.S.-run detention facility located there.
The suspects were being held for further questioning.
The statement lauded the cooperation between the Iraqi army and interior
ministry forces.
"Iraqi army and ministry of interior forces worked very well together and
demonstrated good, solid fundamental skills today," said Col. Mark A.
Milley, commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.
A major part of the U.S. exit strategy from Iraq is aimed at building up
an Iraqi security force capable of maintaining order and combating the
country's rampant insurgency.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050522/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_offensive/nc:736;_yl
t=AgwXVpi0k6rveYFgQLwnNIILewgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
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