War On Terror: In both Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. forces are making further impressive gains against terrorists. Don’t expect Democrats to let that stop them from claiming that we’re losing.
As part of the new surge strategy in Iraq, U.S. Marines and Iraqi army forces have arrested 250 terrorists in the large, once-unmanageable western province of Anbar, it was reported on Sunday. Operation Harris Ba’sil, or “Valiant Guardian,” reached completion after eight weeks of disrupting enemy routes and shelters outside cities.
“We uncovered more than 250 caches, arrested over 250 suspected insurgents and discovered over 100 improvised explosive devices,” Lt. Col. Michael Manning of Regimental Combat Team 2 reported.
“We clearly surprised them. The number of caches and detainees attest to that; but more importantly, we let the enemy know that they can’t hide from us,” he said.
Meanwhile, in southern Afghanistan on Sunday an ambush of U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces led to a 14-hour battle and airstrikes of seven enemy compounds that killed 25 terrorists, including a Taliban commander named Mullah Younus. Last week, the feared Taliban military mastermind and “butcher of Kandahar” Mullah Dadullah was confirmed killed.
Are Democrats cheering these victories in the war on terror?
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