Iraqi Army Shows Continued Progress (Light, tunnel, train)

[Barrett808]

WASHINGTON - Iraqi Army soldiers showed continued progress in demonstrating their capabilities, Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq officials reported today.

Iraqi Army soldiers conducting a traffic control point detained suspected anti-Iraq forces in Mosul, Iraq, July 29, according to a multinational forces report.

Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division detained 10 suspected insurgents, five of whom attempted to escape before they were transported to Al Kindi for further questioning, officials said.

Elsewhere, Iraqi Army soldiers detained six suspects. Soldiers with 5th Battalion, 1st Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division conducted a joint cordon-and-search operation in Baghdad with elements of 2nd Battalion, 156th U.S. Infantry Regiment. The effort resulted in the capture of six suspected insurgents, five who had been targeted the Iraqi forces, officials said.

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http://www.lincolntribune.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1859

[Dhalgren]

1. Wow! The Iraqi Army is capable of stopping traffic!

When do we pull out!?

[daleo]

5. Its a miracle.

U.S. forces can finally leave. It turns out the war was about better traffic control, after all.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. A planted psyops piece, picked up by the Lincoln tribune is

my take on this. Way too much detail about the regiment numbers and so on for it to be a commercially produced report.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. correct, usually you do not identify units this way

during active operations... something about OpSec

[Guitarman]

3. Light, tunnel, road runner w/flashlight

[wanpete]

6. Uhh, sure...yeah...right...um hmm