Liberals are surely upset by this type of news. They would prefer to talk to them, instead
Coalition forces teamed up with Iraqi Army Soldiers Jan. 10, to conduct an operation focused on securing an area south of Baghdad known as Chaka Four Region.
Troops from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, and the 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 8th Iraqi Army Division seized weapon caches and detained suspected al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) members during Operation Nanos II, the first joint operation between the units.
More than 50 suspects were detained, including one individual believed to be behind the assassination of prominent sheik Imad Ghurtani last November. Soldiers also discovered a bomb-making facility and destroyed two large-caliber mortar systems, according to Lt. Col. Mike Getchell, commander of the 2-502nd Inf. Regt., currently attached to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division.
“This operation removed the yoke of intimidation on the population of Chaka Four,” said Getchell, adding the next step will be recruitment and installation of Concerned Local Citizens in the former AQI stronghold.
Go get ’em!
