When will they learn, they really don't exist!!
Just ask the rest of the media!!!
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Baghdad - Iraqi Security Forces now number more than 223,000 trained and equipped soldiers and police. These troops are spread throughout the country and are taking an ever increasing roll in securing their country against terrorist and insurgents in areas across the country.
“As Iraqi security forces continue to grow in capability and size -- now numbering more than 223,000 -- they are conducting more and more successful independent operations throughout Iraq, including Baghdad,” Brig. Gen. Donald Alston, spokesman for Multi-National Force – Iraq, told reporters last week.
Brig. Gen. Alston added that these were wide ranging forces, some capable of conducting independent operations.
“There are now 120 Iraqi army and special operations battalions conducting combat operations against the enemy, 40 of which are assessed as being in the lead in defending Iraq, protecting progress and the process of democracy,” he said.
ISF are seeing success everywhere they are deployed. In Ramadi last week, Iraqi Army soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 7th Division working alongside of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division detained five targeted insurgents, including Jassim Mohammed Fayadh, a high value insurgent leader, allegedly responsible for financing terrorism in the Tammim neighborhood and known to have supplied arms and munitions to Al Qaeda in Iraq according to MNF-I sources.
Speaking after the capture, the battalion commander of 1-1-7 IA, Lt. Col. Mustafa, highlighted the importance of the capture. “Yesterday was a big step to bringing safety and security to this area for our local citizens and their families. We will continue to work with our coalition partners to bring security to western Ramadi,” said Mustafa.
Ramadi, however, isn’t the only place that ISF units are making their presence felt. In the week from Dec. 17-29 ISF and Coalition Forces from Task Force Freedom detained 109 suspected terrorists and seized four weapons caches.
“In cities throughout the country it’s the same,” said Lt. Col. Barry Johnson, a spokesman for the Multi-National Force in Baghdad. “Iraqi Security Forces are taking more and more responsibility for the safety and security of a democratic Iraq.”
Of obvious concern is control of the Iraq’s capital city.
Speaking to reporters recently, Maj. Gen. William G. Webster Jr., commander of Multi- National Division Baghdad, pointed out that a year ago there was one Iraqi army battalion in the city.
"And now there are 22 (Iraqi battalions) in Baghdad," Maj. Gen. Webster said, "with 12 of them in charge of their own areas of operations." The Iraqi 6th Division in Baghdad is comprised of six brigades, he said.
Ultimately the story of Iraqi Security Forces is one of increased growth and responsibility. That growth is reflected in the numbers.
“The ability of the Iraqi security forces to provide security at the borders, to counter the insurgency and to fight terrorist forces has greatly improved over the past year. At the start of 2005, Iraqi security forces numbered only a little bit more than 127,000 strong.
“In just 12 months, we have seen the Iraqi security forces increase 77 percent to a total now that numbers more than 223,000. The world watched in 2005 as the number of Iraqi units able to take the lead in combat operations against the insurgency increased. A year ago, there were none,” said Alston.
Wow since they don't really exist and they are not supposed to be doing well at all, someone better inform them. They may actually be able to protect their country soon. God forbid, they shoudl actually accomplish something. The MSM would have you believe otherwise....
“As Iraqi security forces continue to grow in capability and size -- now numbering more than 223,000 -- they are conducting more and more successful independent operations throughout Iraq, including Baghdad,” Brig. Gen. Donald Alston, spokesman for Multi-National Force – Iraq, told reporters last week.
Brig. Gen. Alston added that these were wide ranging forces, some capable of conducting independent operations.
“There are now 120 Iraqi army and special operations battalions conducting combat operations against the enemy, 40 of which are assessed as being in the lead in defending Iraq, protecting progress and the process of democracy,” he said.
ISF are seeing success everywhere they are deployed. In Ramadi last week, Iraqi Army soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 7th Division working alongside of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division detained five targeted insurgents, including Jassim Mohammed Fayadh, a high value insurgent leader, allegedly responsible for financing terrorism in the Tammim neighborhood and known to have supplied arms and munitions to Al Qaeda in Iraq according to MNF-I sources.
Speaking after the capture, the battalion commander of 1-1-7 IA, Lt. Col. Mustafa, highlighted the importance of the capture. “Yesterday was a big step to bringing safety and security to this area for our local citizens and their families. We will continue to work with our coalition partners to bring security to western Ramadi,” said Mustafa.
Ramadi, however, isn’t the only place that ISF units are making their presence felt. In the week from Dec. 17-29 ISF and Coalition Forces from Task Force Freedom detained 109 suspected terrorists and seized four weapons caches.
“In cities throughout the country it’s the same,” said Lt. Col. Barry Johnson, a spokesman for the Multi-National Force in Baghdad. “Iraqi Security Forces are taking more and more responsibility for the safety and security of a democratic Iraq.”
Of obvious concern is control of the Iraq’s capital city.
Speaking to reporters recently, Maj. Gen. William G. Webster Jr., commander of Multi- National Division Baghdad, pointed out that a year ago there was one Iraqi army battalion in the city.
"And now there are 22 (Iraqi battalions) in Baghdad," Maj. Gen. Webster said, "with 12 of them in charge of their own areas of operations." The Iraqi 6th Division in Baghdad is comprised of six brigades, he said.
Ultimately the story of Iraqi Security Forces is one of increased growth and responsibility. That growth is reflected in the numbers.
“The ability of the Iraqi security forces to provide security at the borders, to counter the insurgency and to fight terrorist forces has greatly improved over the past year. At the start of 2005, Iraqi security forces numbered only a little bit more than 127,000 strong.
“In just 12 months, we have seen the Iraqi security forces increase 77 percent to a total now that numbers more than 223,000. The world watched in 2005 as the number of Iraqi units able to take the lead in combat operations against the insurgency increased. A year ago, there were none,” said Alston.
Wow since they don't really exist and they are not supposed to be doing well at all, someone better inform them. They may actually be able to protect their country soon. God forbid, they shoudl actually accomplish something. The MSM would have you believe otherwise....
