"Operation Tigers" in Ramadi. Means More "Collateral Damage".....

[leftchick]

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On the same day, a joint force of some 550 U.S. and Iraqi troops launched Operation Tigers in the Ma’Laab district of eastern Ramadi. The operation is the fourth in a series of “disruption operations” aimed at insurgent strongholds in the city.

“Cordon and searches, blocking off known terrorist escape routes, and searching for weapons caches in the targeted areas are incorporated as part of Operation Tigers,” the Marines announced.


http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=33285




Iraqi children pick up broken glass inside their home which, according to family members, was damaged during a US and Iraqi troops operation against insurgents in the city of Ramadi, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2005.(AP Photo/Bilal Hussein


...I am just glad to not see any dead children so far. :(

[global1]

1. What Good Are All These Operations If Afterwards We Don't Secure

the area. How many times have our troops gone into a city and supposedly cleaned the area only to leave and have it become unsecured again?

This is stupid.

Did you ever play the game Risk? After you invade a country - if you don't leave enough of your armies behind - the country becomes vulnerable again.

The problem is * plays Risk with REAL PEOPLE.

[leftchick]

2. it is called "leap frogging"

according to the military folks who briefed the Armed services committee members last week. And no it isn't working.