From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I don't usually watch FoxNews 

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:441c4039$1{at}w3....
> >may be used for a morale boost to a fledgling Iraqi force - nothing more.
>
> And for propaganda here at home?
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:441c2f75$1{at}w3....
>> Here's something I don't understand. It's a guerilla war in Iraq. They
>> won't stand and fight pitched battles for territory - just slip away and
>> cause havoc another day.  IMO 'Swarmer'  may be used for a morale boost
>> to a fledgling Iraqi force - nothing more.
>>
>>
>> "George Sherwood"  wrote in message
>> news:pan.2006.03.18.15.35.40.279819{at}beernabeer.com...
>>> On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:27:26 -0600, John Cuccia wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:39:49 -0500, "Mark"
 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Is the rewrite what you'd prefer to read too John? Not me.
>>>>
>>>> Hmmm..."Operation Swarmer" is suddenly out of
the news, no longer
>>>> trumpted by the US government as an indication that we've
"turned the
>>>> corner" in Iraq.
>>>>
>>>> I believe that it was indeed a routine mission to clear an area that
>>>> has
>>>> already been cleared before and that US officials decided
to to turn it
>>>> into a PR exercise as part of the Bush Administration's
new initiative
>>>> to re-sell the war to America.
>>>>
>>>> I also believe that the Iraqi army has been infiltrated with people
>>>> sympathetic to one militant group or another to such an extent that
>>>> these kinds of missions will never be productive, because
any potential
>>>> targets have been warned well in advance.
>>>
>>> Here is the actual link from the Government about
"Operation Swarmer".
>>> So
>>> me where it is: "trumpted by the US government as an
indication that
>>> we've
>>> "turned the corner" in Iraq."  Not the
interpretation of the press, but
>>> as
>>> you said trumpted by the US Government.
>>>
>>> George
>>>
>>> http://www.mnf-iraq.com/Releases/Mar/060316c.html
>>>
>>>    Iraqi Security Forces and their Coalition partners launched the
>>>    largest air assault operation since Operation Iraqi Freedom I today
>>> in
>>>    southern Salah Ad Din province to clear a suspected insurgent
>>>    operating area northeast of Samarra.
>>>
>>>    Operation Swarmer began this morning with soldiers from the Iraqi
>>>    Army's 1st Brigade, 4th Division, the 101st Airborne Division's 3rd
>>>    Brigade Combat Team and the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade conducting
>>> a
>>>    combined air and ground assault to isolate the objective area.
>>>
>>>    Attack and assault aircraft provided aerial weapons support for the
>>>    operation and also delivered troops from the Iraq Army's 4th
>>> Division,
>>>    the Rakkasans from 1st and 3rd Battalions, 187th Infantry Regiment
>>> and
>>>    the Hunters from 2nd Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment to multiple
>>>    objectives. Forces from the 2nd Commando Brigade then completed a
>>>    ground infiltration to secure numerous structures in the area.
>>>
>>>    More than 1,500 Iraqi and Coalition troops, over 200 tactical
>>>    vehicles, and more than 50 aircraft participated in the operation.
>>>
>>>    Initial reports from the objective area indicate that a number of
>>>    enemy weapons caches have been captured, containing artillery shells,
>>>    explosives, IED-making materials, and military uniforms.
>>>
>>>    The operation is expected to continue for several days as a thorough
>>>    search of the objective area is conducted.
>>>
>>
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