Top Wife
June 21st, 2007, 02:50
Michael Yon and Michael Gordon (NYT) are the ONLY two reporters embedded during this operation so far. According to Yon, Gordon is right on in his reporting. I'm very glad to hear that. Many other news outlets are trying to get in but are running in to "Space" problems. No room at the inn.
I wanted to post the following before anyone tried to say our forces are randomly killing innocent civilians. Knowing how the LMSM tends to love stories like that, lets debunk it before they get the chance to run with it.
Our guys had cleared out the civilians, but the enemy starts shootouts using civilians as cover. American officers are trying to account for civilian casualties; media is asking and command is still unable to answer, which of course looks like a cover-up. From what I see on the ground, there is no cover-up. The number is unknown but certainly there must be some.
A great quote as to how the Iraqis are reacting:
A positive indicator on the 19th and the 20th is that most local people apparently are happy that al Qaeda is being trapped and killed. Civilians are pointing out IEDs and enemy fighters, so that’s not working so well for al Qaeda. Clearly, I cannot do a census, but that says something about the locals.
More @ the link
http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/...er-day-one.htm (http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/operation-arrowhead-ripper-day-one.htm)
It says a LOT about the locals. They do want AQ gone as much as we do.
A prayer to our forces. Stay safe troops and keep up the GREAT work.
I wanted to post the following before anyone tried to say our forces are randomly killing innocent civilians. Knowing how the LMSM tends to love stories like that, lets debunk it before they get the chance to run with it.
Our guys had cleared out the civilians, but the enemy starts shootouts using civilians as cover. American officers are trying to account for civilian casualties; media is asking and command is still unable to answer, which of course looks like a cover-up. From what I see on the ground, there is no cover-up. The number is unknown but certainly there must be some.
A great quote as to how the Iraqis are reacting:
A positive indicator on the 19th and the 20th is that most local people apparently are happy that al Qaeda is being trapped and killed. Civilians are pointing out IEDs and enemy fighters, so that’s not working so well for al Qaeda. Clearly, I cannot do a census, but that says something about the locals.
More @ the link
http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/...er-day-one.htm (http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/operation-arrowhead-ripper-day-one.htm)
It says a LOT about the locals. They do want AQ gone as much as we do.
A prayer to our forces. Stay safe troops and keep up the GREAT work.