Monthly Archive for December 2006

ISAF

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (30 December) – Over the past week, Afghan National Police (ANP) and IASF forces have successfully defeated a variety of insurgent attacks in Regional Command-East (RC-E), and delivered humanitarian assistance despite a series of indiscriminate insurgent assaults leading to civilian deaths and damage to property.

The indiscriminate insurgent assault on civilian lives and [...]

Saddam Is Dead

Just in case anyone has been waiting for my announcement, the old monster is dead.

Michelle Malkin covers all the bases.

I’m in the middle of a twelve hour ambulance shift with limited access to the Internet. Also, lost my job yesterday. Happy New Year to all.

Mosque Raided

Special Iraqi Army Forces detained 13 suspects during operations Dec. 29 in Salman Pak, southeast of Baghdad, to capture the alleged commander of illegal armed group elements responsible for sectarian violence and attacks against Iraqi civilians in the area.

Updated before work:

Six more terrorists killed, 12/26 and 12/29. See Terrorist Death Watch.

The terrorists won.

The terrorists won the war. They did.

How do you figure that, you ask?

The terrorists attacked the United States to effect change through violence. That has happened.

Flying on an airline has become an exercise in patience and intrusive personal invasion of our privacy. Because one visibly crazed man had a bomb in his sneakers, our security [...]

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq – It was in Frank Capra’s 1946 classic,
“It’s A Wonderful Life” that the saying, “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets their
wings” was popularized.

During this holiday season, the saying could be, “Every time someone sends a
letter to a FOB Falcon Soldier, an angel gets their [...]

By Sgt. 1st Class Clinton Wood 1/34 BCT PAO

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq — In just a couple of minutes, Soldiers of Company B,
2nd Battalion, 136th Combined Arms Battalion, can make the enemy have a bad day.
That is the time it takes four Soldiers working as a team to set the fuse on the
round, set the deflection [...]

RAF Distinguished Flying Cross

Silver Star