Who’s violent vs. The rule of law? 100% Preventable

This week’s topics: Who are the violent ones? 100% Preventable, and The Rule Of Law?
Our weekly vlog — podcast on illegal aliens and border security. In this weeks edition…
Who are the violent ones? The SPLC insists that the Minutemen are a powderkeg of violence, but who is committing political violence? The Rule of Law? [...]

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Joint Chiefs chair gets firsthand look at Sadr City progress

by Staff Sgt. Michael J. Carden
American Forces Press Service
BAGHDAD (July 7, 2008) — The U.S. military’s top-ranking officer encountered one of Iraq’s most dangerous areas today and saw first-hand the improvements Iraqi and U.S. forces have made during recent months. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, received a [...]

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Citizen’s tip leads to large weapons find

3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
CAMP STRIKER, Iraq (July 7, 2008) – Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 25th Brigade, 17th Iraqi Army Division and 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, acted on the tip and found a total of eight caches in the area 35 kilometers southwest of Baghdad. “Iraqi and Coalition forces continue [...]

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Sunni, Shia celebrate unity through soccer

by 1st Lt. Jonathan Springer
1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
YETHRIB, Iraq (July 7, 2008) – For more than half a decade, the Balad and Yethrib areas have been plagued with sectarian violence that has pitted rival Shiite Muslims and Sunni Arabs against one another. The bloodshed between tribes, at times, had turned [...]

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Founders’ Daily Quote: Thu, 10 July 2008

“People generally have more feeling for canals and roads than education. However, I hope we can advance them with equal pace.”
– Thomas Jefferson (letter to Joel Barlow, 10 December 1807); Reference: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Washington, ed., vol. 5 (521)
Wow. That brings back memories!
Cross-posted @ Rosemary’s Thoughts.
May you walk with the LORD always, and [...]

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Colonel: Enemy neutralized in east Anbar

by Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON (July 1, 2008) — The enemy in the eastern portion of Iraq’s Anbar province has been neutralized, the Coalition commander in the area said June 30. Al-Qaida in Iraq still can launch occasional horrific attacks, but in Ramadi and Fallujah – once strongholds of the terror group [...]

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Troops give shoes, toys to Djibouti orphans

by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hulle
CJTF-HOA
DJIBOUTI (July3, 2008) – Members from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa distributed shoes and toys to children June 28 at the Saint Francis of Notre Dame Orphanage. Various good Samaritans and church groups donated the items, which Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74, based out of Gulfport, [...]

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Funding improves Iraqi economy, infrastructure

by Travis Hayes
3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs
FOB ISKAN (July 3, 2008) — Coalition forces continue to help communities in Iraq shape the environment through project revitalization, grants, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. Currently, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment’s area of operation has 25 ongoing projects aimed at improving local economies and creating employment opportunities. [...]

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Muslim could earn goodwill by ending this crescent plot

Al Qaeda’s 9/11 sneak attack cast suspicion on all Muslims. After the hijackers hid amongst us, pretending to be trustworthy friends while plotting acts of war, how can we know that other Muslims are not doing the same?
American Muslims could undo much of this suspicion by helping to expose the terrorist memorial mosque that architect [...]

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Students keep water flowing to farms

by Sgt. David Turner
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs Office
FOB KALSU, Iraq (July 2, 2008) – Students of the Village of Hope in Hawr Rajab began cleaning irrigation canals in the area June 26, in an effort to improve the flow of fresh water to nearby farms. The Village of [...]

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