Troops Establish New Baghdad Base (Haifa Street )

[leftchick]

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1078&dept_id=151021&newsid=13702011&PAG=461&rfi=9

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops have set up a base on Baghdad's notorious Haifa Street hoping to pacify insurgency in one of the capital's most dangerous central districts, the military said Friday.

Paratroopers from Company B of the 82nd Airborne Division's 3rd Battalion and soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division's 1st Battalion seized and secured one of the street's vacant buildings last month during an operation dubbed "Field of Dreams," the military said.

"The purpose of the operation was to fortify the palace so it can be used as a base from which to conduct aggressive operations against the insurgents," said Sgt. Michael Cooper.

The Haifa Street, one of Baghdad's main thoroughfares, was for months a no-go area for Iraqi and U.S. troops. The U.S. military move appears to be an attempt to pacify the dangerous area.

The operation began on Christmas Eve and went on for several days during which insurgents repeatedly attacked with small-arms fire and mortars, the military said.

[Mr_Spock]

1. Sounds like fun!

:eyes:

[Earth_First]

2. "Field of Dreams"

who the fu*k comes up with the names of these operations!?

[leftchick]

3. idiots

and assholes. My favorite is the Mosul "Camp Freedom". :crazy:

[mhr]

7. Well If You Are Going To Die For No Reason It Ought To Sound Nice

eom

[daleo]

4. Capturing a street a mile or so from the Green Zone

Think about that one for a while.

[Earth_First]

5. I had the same thoughts, daleo

[VegasWolf]

6. In another year or so, they will try for a mile and a quarter. n/t

[KingChicken]

8. Good luck, hope you've got plenty of bodies ready to die.