Monday, November 12, 2007

Iraq; Roadside Bombings Down - Iranian Weapons Up

The surge in troops is finally showing the success that was predicted. Civilians are continuing to embrace our troops and stand up against sectarian violence and Al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Major-General Rick Lynch, has stated besides the overall drop in violence, there has been a 59% drop in IED attacks against our troops. With the help of civilians, our troops are hunting down and capturing more extremists every day.

Even with this drop in violence, US troops are continuing to find Iranian weapons....

From Iran Focus --
"We've come across weapons caches with large numbers of EFP components all traceable back to Iran based on tool markings.

"Lynch said he did not know whether these components were being found more often because more were coming in or whether his troops were conducting more searches.

He said he was also troubled by the number of Iranian rockets being found. In two recent cases, he said, 46 Iranian rockets were found ready and aimed at a U.S. operating base and several more were discovered near a U.S. patrol post. More....

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