Iraqis wait to have their hearts and minds won by US Troops:
"BAGHDAD - About 10,000 U.S. soldiers launched an offensive against al-Qaida in Iraq northeast of Baghdad early Tuesday, killing at least 22 insurgents, the U.S. military said.
The raids, dubbed “Operation Arrowhead Ripper,” took place in Baqouba, the capital of Diyala province, and involved air assaults under the cover of darkness, the military said in a statement. The operation was still in its opening stages...
"A top U.S. military official said American forces were taking advantage of the arrival of the final brigade of 30,000 additional U.S. troops to open concerted attacks."
Two things: One, it seems to me that this is the final push that the US military is going to be able to make in Iraq before September and I'm sure Gen Petraeus is going to try everything he can so he won't have to go back to Congress and eat crow. This is going to possibly mean a spike in violence and coalition deaths.Secondly, "Operation Arrowhead Ripper?" Are we chasing Al-Qaida or Geronimo?
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America's around 230 years old. We should be impressed it's taken us this long to run out of names for military operations.
This is actually why Europe is so reluctant to commit troops to crisis situations - they'd be forced to declare "Operation Banana Creme Sundae" and things like that.
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