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sdpatriot
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 Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 5:15 pm Post subject: Congratulations to the 1st Armored Div! |
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way to go boys!! we're behind you 100%!
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20040622-113720-3352r.htm
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NoDonkey
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| Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 5:24 pm Post subject: Re: Congratulations to the 1st Armored Div! |
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Big Bravo Zulu to the 1st Armored Division.
And a big raspberry to the media, who a few weeks ago couldn't get enough of how al-Sadr's militia was winning the war and now have become strangely silent on this issue.
If Al-ABC/Al-CBS/Al-NBC/Al-CNN were replaced tomorrow with Al Jazeera, would anyone notice the difference?
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Scott
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Funny, on the news all I heard was that negotiations with al-Sadr had caused him to call his militia to stand down.
They didn't say that the 1st Armored was doing the negotiating! Thanks much for the post!
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Me#1You#10
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| Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Oh my...even the NY Times acknowledges the success of this effort...
must be even better than we know...
| Quote: | Army Used Speed and Might, Plus Cash, Against Shiite Rebel
By THOM SHANKER and ERIC SCHMITT
Published: June 26, 2004
NY Times
BAGHDAD, Iraq — In April, as festering resistance exploded into full-fledged rebellion, soldiers of the First Armored Division were given their final mission in Iraq: to wrest control of a string of southern towns from a radical Shiite militia intent on disrupting the scheduled transfer of sovereignty on June 30.
These American soldiers, some of whom had already left Iraq and others just short of leaving after a year in combat, would instead spend nearly three months in one of the most significant campaigns of the war.
The division's operation against the militia of Moktada al-Sadr, a rebellious Shiite cleric, is already being studied by an Army struggling to learn the lessons of a war that continues to evolve even as the formal occupation of Iraq changes gears next week.
As described by top commanders in Iraq and senior policy makers in Washington, the campaign was a mix of military tactics, political maneuverings, media management and a generous dollop of cash for quickly rebuilding war-ravaged cities — a formula that, if it survives the test of time, could become a model for future fighting against the persistent insurrections plaguing Iraq.
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