U.S. commander claims success in key Iraq province

Source: Reuters

U.S. commander claims success in key Iraq province
Sat Aug 11, 2007 6:11AM EDT

By Peter Graff

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces claimed success on Saturday
in establishing their influence and denying al Qaeda fighters
control of Iraq's Diyala River valley, one of the main targets of
an American offensive over the past several months.

"We influence the entire Diyala River valley," Lieutenant-Colonel
Andrew Poppas, commander of U.S. forces in the valley north of
the town of Baquba, told journalists in a video conference.

"We have forces throughout the Diyala valley in key critical
nodes. We cross any line of communications, deny the enemy
any freedom of movement. Everything they do is watched," he
said.

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Poppas said al Qaeda fighters had fled into the river valley
from Baquba after a U.S. offensive there, and attempted to
take control of towns and villages but had failed to do so.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSGRA13144120070811

:eyes:

The message you are about to hear is lies and distortions of truth, facts that have been altered to fit contextually to what we are saying...

The Surge in Iraq is a success. So say I, General Betrayus and I said so, as I humble myself to the alter of my God King George.... Let us have more time, let us give more sacrifice, let us send more meat to the grinder in the name of victory....and then we shall be free of this vile threat which lay hold of this hellish country, which we call terror and some call culture and still others call life and then we shall bask in our glory and talk of basing and long term commitments and not only staying the course but living by the course and for the course and about a future course on the fairways of the Tigris and we shall sing great songs and name citys and towns to honor those great leaders like Cheneyville and The Rumsfeld river, George Bush Boulevard and Condi Way...

Democrats have always been on the wrong side of history.... didn't you know that...

Sarcasm off...

This is all part of the propaganda rollout.
We're going to see more of this building up to a report. Word has gone out to local commanders to be ready to give these kinds of interviews and reporters are being directed to the select commanders who've been so instructed.

Notice that this report does not actually say anything other than that the commander has men stationed in the Diyala valley. No details about numbers of attacks, no statistics. Just bloviation. We're going to get lots more of this.

Talk to the grunts and the NCO's. Any high-ranker at this stage of the game is in that position because of blind loyalty to bush - just as gonzo and so many other sell-outs remain in positions of influence. I simply do not believe a word anymore from anyone connected in the slightest to bushcheneyrovegonzo. Almost seven years of their version of "reality" has taught me well.