1,000 troops launch Iraq operation ( Operation Wadi Aljundi )

[leftchick]

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=87182006

About 1,000 US troops backed by Iraqi soldiers have launched a counterinsurgency operation in the western Iraqi province of Anbar.

Operation Wadi Aljundi is targeting insurgents and their weapons caches in the Western Euphrates River Valley between the Jubbah and Baghdadi regions and the city of Hit, 85 miles west of Baghdad.

The US forces, with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), are searching houses and cordoning areas for weapons and insurgents.

US forces have launched multiple operations in the vast Anbar province, seen as a hotbed for homegrown insurgents and an entry point for militants crossing from bordering Syria.

[ixion]

1. mission accomplished?

gee, I thought all major combat operations were over, like, YEARS ago.

[jimshoes]

2. Should be

Operation Wadi Wedoinghere.

[HopeFor2006]

3. LOL

:rofl:

[leftchick]

4. oh my

that is some dark humor there. For dark times. :)

[lyonn]

5. I figure this will cost us 5 marines with many casualties

Good grief, 1000 marines and troops? House to house is not what our troops should be doing, only Iraqis. Guess we can not trust them to do the job. That's how we missed Osama. bush doesn't worry about casualties anymore, just part of our freedom.

[saigon68]

7. A few of these boys will come home to momma in a box

And maybe Fred Phelps will come with his family to their funeral

Which is more than the chimpanzee,

who will ignore them.

[daleo]

10. Too true

In a crazy way, Phelps shows more interest than Bush.

[meisje]

6. which translates to: How the Fuck did I end up here!

[HuffleClaw]

8. translation

they are going to terrorize a bunch of citizens by breaking into their homes in the middle of the night, and probably taking off their men to be 'detained', the result of which will be MORE iraqis willing to assist the insurgency.

[doc03]

9. They have ran out of cool sounding American names I guess