Progress in Iraq - The death of the insurgency.
MNF-I has an interesting pregress report about Iraq. Last year, only one battalion was in the lead. This year, 35 battalions, 8 brigades, and 2 divisions are in the lead and have assumed control of their battlespace allowing coalition forces to focus on enabling Iraqi Logistics.
This fact taken together with the fact that the Shi'ite pilgrimage to Karbala took place without incident should show the progress made this year in Iraq.
As of Thursday, 07 Sep 06, Iraqis are now in charge of their security forces making Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq's Commander in Chief.
To date, Operation Together Forward in Baghdad, which is the military focus of Maliki's reconciliation initiative, has cleared more than 45,868 buildings, discovered 26 weapons caches, seized more than 1,066 weapons and detained 75 persons in connection with terrorism or sectarian violence.
On 26 Aug 06, several hundred tribal leaders from across Iraq met for the first of four planned reconciliation conferences in Baghdad and endorsed the government’s national reconciliation initiatives.
According to MNF-I, In the Rashid district of Baghdad, Sunni and Shiite political leaders, tribal leaders and imams met and signed an agreement forswearing violence. Tribal leaders went a step further by renouncing protection for tribal members who engage in sectarian violence. In nearby Babil province, a reconciliation conference concluded with tribal sheiks signing an oath that pledges them to work hand-in-hand with other leaders from the province.
While we cannot control the enemy insurgent, but we can make it harder for the insurgency to cause violence and terrorize. All of these above facts taken together show that real, substantial progress is being made in Iraq.
Peace in Iraq has always been up to Iraqis.
It is up to Iraqis to prevent their neighbors from making and emplacing IEDs to kill innocent civilians. Iraqis, tired of three years of violence, are beginning to unite. Not only are individual civilians providing tips, but tribal leadership is finding its place in a democratic Iraq. It is uniting against the insurgency.
Iraqi security forces are getting better at doing their job of providing security, as noted in the recent pilgrimage to Karbala. Not only are they better, there are more off them that are better.
The central government is starting to exert it control over Iraq. Provincial governments are exerting their control over municipalities. Iraqis are taking control.
This marks the insurgency's death.
This fact taken together with the fact that the Shi'ite pilgrimage to Karbala took place without incident should show the progress made this year in Iraq.
As of Thursday, 07 Sep 06, Iraqis are now in charge of their security forces making Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq's Commander in Chief.
To date, Operation Together Forward in Baghdad, which is the military focus of Maliki's reconciliation initiative, has cleared more than 45,868 buildings, discovered 26 weapons caches, seized more than 1,066 weapons and detained 75 persons in connection with terrorism or sectarian violence.
On 26 Aug 06, several hundred tribal leaders from across Iraq met for the first of four planned reconciliation conferences in Baghdad and endorsed the government’s national reconciliation initiatives.
According to MNF-I, In the Rashid district of Baghdad, Sunni and Shiite political leaders, tribal leaders and imams met and signed an agreement forswearing violence. Tribal leaders went a step further by renouncing protection for tribal members who engage in sectarian violence. In nearby Babil province, a reconciliation conference concluded with tribal sheiks signing an oath that pledges them to work hand-in-hand with other leaders from the province.
While we cannot control the enemy insurgent, but we can make it harder for the insurgency to cause violence and terrorize. All of these above facts taken together show that real, substantial progress is being made in Iraq.
Peace in Iraq has always been up to Iraqis.
It is up to Iraqis to prevent their neighbors from making and emplacing IEDs to kill innocent civilians. Iraqis, tired of three years of violence, are beginning to unite. Not only are individual civilians providing tips, but tribal leadership is finding its place in a democratic Iraq. It is uniting against the insurgency.
Iraqi security forces are getting better at doing their job of providing security, as noted in the recent pilgrimage to Karbala. Not only are they better, there are more off them that are better.
The central government is starting to exert it control over Iraq. Provincial governments are exerting their control over municipalities. Iraqis are taking control.
This marks the insurgency's death.
posted by Lieutenant Colonel Caveman at Sunday, September 10, 2006
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