Stop making excuses for terrorists!

Condoleezza Rice made a good point in an interview on the "Jim Lehrer New Hour" the other day. I'm glad to hear her put it in actual in your face words and not the normal "PC" speak.

You can read this story on American Forces Information Services.

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Terror Cell Leader Captured; Nine Terrorists, Two Marines Killed

Terror Cell Leader Captured; Nine Terrorists, Two Marines Killed

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2005 – U.S. troops captured al Qaeda terror cell leader Ammar Abu Bara, alias Amar Hussein Hasan, during a July 27 cordon-and-search operation in Mosul, Iraq's third largest city, U.S military officials reported today.
Bara, reportedly one of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's most trusted operations agents in Iraq, was arrested by troops of the Army's 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team,) and Iraqi army soldiers. Bara replaced Abu Talha, former terror cell leader for the Mosul area, following his capture in early June.

Officials said a number of al Qaeda terrorist leaders have been captured in recent months in northern Iraq, leading to a more secure environment in the region. These captures have led to the systematic dismantling of the al Qaeda network in Mosul, military officials said.

Camp Fallujah officials reported that two Marines were killed in Cykla, about 120 miles west of Baghdad, July 28 when their unit came under attack by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. The Marines were assigned to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

Officials at Camp Blue Diamond in Ramadi reported that Iraqi security forces and U.S. Marines killed nine terrorists, five of them reportedly were Syrian nationals, who were using buildings as safe houses and firing positions in a small village west of Haditha.

Iraqi soldiers and U.S. Marines were conducting a security patrol in the city of Cykla when terrorists attacked them with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire from three different buildings. The joint patrol consisted of Iraqi soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, and Marines with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team.

Air combatants from the 2nd Marine Air Craft Wing struck enemy positions with three laser-guided bombs and one Global-Positioning-System-guided bomb. The air strike destroyed all three buildings and caused minimal collateral damage to the surrounding community, according to U.S. officials. Coalition forces also detained two terrorists for questioning.

A single-vehicle accident claimed the life of a Task Force Baghdad soldier in central Baghdad on July 28. The soldier was taken to an Iraqi hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His body was later recovered by U.S. military authorities.

A 30-year-old Iraqi detainee died July 27 at the U.S.-run Camp Bucca prison camp in southern Iraq as a result of renal failure and other organ failure due to chronic malaria, U.S. military officials reported. The detainee was admitted to the field hospital July 3 following complaints of nausea.

Hospital officials said they believe the detainee contracted malaria prior to arriving at Camp Bucca in December 2004. The detainee was not diagnosed until recently, as he did not exhibit any symptoms, they noted, adding that he did not pose a contagious hazard to other detainees. His body will be transferred to his family upon completion of an autopsy, which is standing procedure for all detainees who die while in custody of coalition forces, officials said.

(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Task Force Baghdad news releases.)



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Saddam Music Video

Here is a funny music video sung to the tune of Jlo's Jenny from the block! I almost fell out of my chair!!!

Click To Watch!

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Look at these pictures of abuse!

Check out this link I got from a retired soldier and let me know what you think of the abuse and mistreatment that is going on.

The worst pictures you could ever imagine!!

Read the full article and let me know how you feel about our troops....are we monsters or Nazis like some think? I'll see if I can find the menu for the chow hall on gitmo and we'll see how many Americans eat as well as the detainees.....I know as a soldier I don't eat that well!!!

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What side is the press on anyway?

I just wish that the American news would remember what torture really is. They show photos of a frat party at gitmo while they should be showing what is happening to American prisoners.....Maybe they think its a crime to take a picture of a naked detainee and its OK to chop off the head of an American.....hmmmm.....Sometimes I wonder what side the press is on. I want the American people to see the planes crash in to the WTC, I want them to see the terrorists cut the head off of an American, I want them to be as mad as I was while watching the Nick Berg video on AFN while I was sitting in Baghdad. I don't want the American people to ever forget that we are fighting an enemy with no honor, no morals, and the will to do whatever they think is necessary.



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Have you watched the new FX show "Over There"?

I watched this new show about soldiers in Iraq and I have mixed feelings. If I watch it as a soldier that has been to war, I am unimpressed and a little offended by how the soldiers are stereotyped. If I watch it as a piece of entertainment and don't try to pick apart the tactics as well as remember that it is Hollywood's view of soldiers, I can actually enjoy the show. Currently I am on the fence on this one.......I am looking forward to the next show because the preview looks pretty good but I won't get my hopes up. Let me know how you feel about this one, I'd love to know.

Check out what sgt mom has to say about the drugs use of one of the soldiers.

Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

Here are some more photos from Iraq.

Most of these photos were taken around the time of the Iraqi Elections. Its hard to believe but I actually miss being over there when I look at these.

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What should we do if terrorists explode a nuke in the U.S.?

Since coming home I have been thinking about what a good response to the terrorist threat in the U.S would be and now somebody in the government has said something I agree with. You can read the story here.

Congressman Tancredo's answer to a radio host's question about what we should do if terrorists explode a nuke in the states in right on the money in my opinion. There is only one thing that these people understand and that is violence...I wish it weren't so.....GOD how I wish but you can't fight these people by attacking a country, you fight them by threatening their families and the one thing that matters to them the most, their religion. I'm not saying to blow these sites up just because we can but as a response to an attack from them. It is the terrorists that want this to be a war about religion and to that I say to the NORMAL Muslim people.....Take care of these crazy people before the world starts to hate all of you for what they are doing. It is them that give you a bad name and it is up to you to stop them before they do something really stupid.

I don't want everybody to think that I am painting every Muslim as a terrorist because I'm not, in fact, if 9/11 was caused by blond haired, blue eyed Icelanders I'd expect to be watched more than any other group of people simply because I look like and have the same background as the attackers.

That's it for me for today. Send me your thoughts and have a great day.

Terrorist Attacks in London

Well, they are at it again. This time it was in London, tomorrow it might be Seattle. These people are nothing but cowards, they are too afraid to face real soldiers and only know how to kill women and children. I don't care if they are Muslims, Christians, Jews, or don't even know what god is, religion doesn't matter!!!! They are COWARDS plain and simple!!! They need to be hunted down one by one and wiped from this earth like vermin! Don't believe me? Look at what happened today in London and decide for yourself.

London Attacks.