Rick Lynch
Rick Lynch
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You will see, over the next several weeks -- we're not specifying any time -- specific military operations to target the insurgency in Tal Afar,
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The terrorists had seen it coming (and prepared) tunnel complexes to be used as escape routes,
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approached at a high rate of speed and then conducted activity that in itself was suspicious. There were individuals hanging outside with what looked to be a weapon. It stopped and immediately put itself in reverse. Again suspicious activity. Our soldiers on the scene used established rules of engagement and all the training received ... (and they) decided that it was appropriate to engage that particular car. And as a result of that the driver was indeed killed and the passenger was hurt by shards of glass.
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He was in a situation where we believed he was conducting suspicious activities. His response to the initial investigation was suspicious in itself. He was detained ... but he was released three days later,
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None of those service members were coached as to what to say.
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In Tal Afar, coalition forces and members of the Iraqi security forces are preparing a possible military operation to rid that city of insurgents,
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The difference is that the Iraqi police mechanized brigade actively patrols Route Irish, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, ... It transformed it from the highway of death to one of the most safe and secure routes in all of Iraq, again a tribute to the capabilities of these trained and ready police forces.
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They're not going to be leaving early as a result of the hurricane,
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That's what happened in Baghdad today and that's what happened in Amman yesterday.
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Last year, as we worked through the problem set, that (militias) wasn't a problem set we focused on.
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The insurgents are still there, ... They still want to derail the democratic process. They still want to discredit the Iraqi government, so operations continue.
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The terrorists and foreign fighters that he recruits, trains and equips carry out more than 90 percent of the insidious suicide attacks against the men, women and children of Iraq -- attacks that have killed or injured thousands of Iraqis in the last year alone.
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There seems to be this basic idea that we attack a city, the insurgents run away and go somewhere else, and I've got to tell you, that's not happening,
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This was part of our normal procedures and not as a result of demands from terrorists or criminals. We do not negotiate with terrorists or criminals.