Originally Posted by JP5

Just one more example of the Iraq successes and why more and more of our own soldiers will be able to come home soon.

Iraqi SWAT Air Assault Nets Six
Saturday, 19 July 2008


SALAH AD DIN PROVINCE — Whooping and whistling like children on a roller coaster ride, Iraqi Police soared through the sun-soaked July sky on their way home from a successful mission. Their enthusiasm was not borne of the high-speed helicopter ride, but of the hard day’s work, which helped save the lives of countless Iraqi citizens.

In the predawn hours of July 12, Iraqi Police, along with Soldiers from the 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, conducted an air assault into the arid farmlands north of Balad. Throughout the burning July morning, the Iraqi SWAT teams moved with speed and discipline to clear a suspected enemy hideout in the area.

The combined air assault mission resulted in the capture of six men with ties to the local insurgency, three of whom were known to be members of al Qaida in Iraq. A thorough search of the area resulted in the discovery of two vehicles wired with explosives and a substantial amount of ammonium-nitrate; a chemical compound used to make homemade bombs."
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/

Good for them!!!!!