BAGHDAD — Military officials discussed progress in several aspects of Iraq Wednesday at the Combined Press Information Center.
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Mark I. Fox, a spokesperson for Multi-National Force-Iraq, Mr. Marcus Sani, Gulf Region Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh, commanding general of Gulf Region Division, outlined many advancements in the security and stability of Iraq.
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“We are seeing increasingly positive trends in terms of the number of weapons and explosives being taken away from the enemy,” Fox said. “We have seized more weapons caches in the first six months of 2007 than we did in all of last year. The reason for the dramatic increase, the volume and accuracy of tips, now over 23,000 per month.”
Fox also credited Iraqi Security Forces for their efforts in the fight. An example of their support and growing independence, he said, was an instance last week when an alert Iraqi Air Force pilot flying a helicopter in Basra noted thieves siphoning oil from a pipeline break in west Neisseria. The Iraqi quickly notified the appropriate authorities who rapidly responded, arrested the thieves, confiscated their vehicles and foiled an attempt to still oil from the Iraqi people, Fox said.
Fox commented on the importance of a “one team, one mission” approach before turning the conference over to Sani, who provided an update on Iraqi reconstruction efforts. The GRD has conducted numerous operations over the past four years, Sani said.
“We had around 35,000 projects that has been accomplished and the work is continuing over 2,000 other projects that will cost about $7 billion,” Sani said. “And we will start also with other projects that will cost for about $2 billion. And the total number allocated for that exceeds $26 billion that are being disbursed for 40,000 projects.”
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Slow and steady wins the race.
Press Briefing Aug 5 2007
2 comments:
The MainStream Media will do it's best to coverup the story if it can. I'm surprised we got coverage about any success at all. Reminds me of Stalin type activity the way they try to control the news and hide the truth. No wonder a recent poll showed people don't trust the Media
Haha Durbin and Casey hustled to Iraq to report on the slow political progress to head off the good security news. What a bunch of sad sacks.
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