Tuesday, November 11, 2003
Brendan Miniter notes that pressure on the media has had an effect, and I've noticed it too - they've started to at least occasionally add a response, or a positive note to the negative news. What's been lacking has been specifics on what we're actually managing to do in response. This article has a few of those, and that's the interesting part for me.
OpinionJournal - Fighting Back - In Iraq, the good news is the bad news is dead.
• The 82nd Airborne detained five anticoalition fighters--one a former Republican Guard lieutenant colonel--on Nov. 6. The five men are regime loyalists and were sought out by U.S. forces because they're believed to have planned and carried out attacks.
• On Nov. 6 coalition forces were monitoring the site of a seized weapons cache when they spotted two men looking for the rocket-propelled grenade launcher and other munitions. When the men spotted the soldiers, they ran. They were ordered to halt, but one--who was carrying an AK-47--opened fire instead. The soldiers shot back, killing him and catching three others.
• The 12th Infantry Regiment was attacked with 10 rockets on Nov. 7. Soldiers spotted where the rockets were coming from and returned fire. A patrol simultaneously closed in on the enemy's position. The attackers attempted to flee as the soldiers approached, but all three were shot down and killed as they ran...
Just wondering if your related Mr. Miniter?
My fathers family was from Island and settled in Dover N.H.
Michael Miniter & Elizabeth McCooey.