Rick Lynch
Rick Lynch
believed conducting days detained initial released response situation suspicious three
He was in a situation where we believed he was conducting suspicious activities. His response to the initial investigation was suspicious in itself. He was detained ... but he was released three days later,
detained indeed individual profession regardless
What we've got to do is look at the individual that was indeed detained and what was he doing, regardless of what his profession is, ... That's a 'no'.
again convinced fight happened today
It happened again today and it can happen again tomorrow, ... We are convinced that we are going to fight our way to the elections.
baghdad happened today
That's what happened in Baghdad today and that's what happened in Amman yesterday.
focused last problem worked
Last year, as we worked through the problem set, that (militias) wasn't a problem set we focused on.
closing rats
The rats know we are closing in on them,
calm capable civil forces government iraqi security seeing using war
We're not seeing civil war ignited in Iraq. We're seeing a competent, capable Iraqi government using their security forces to calm the storm.
effect policy stay
The policy doesn't need to change. The policy that's in effect is the one that will stay in effect.
deliberate process work
We have a very deliberate process on how we work with those detainees,
believe caused continue court determine involved process released remain suspicious whether work
What was he doing that caused us to believe he was involved in suspicious activities? And then we will continue to work through our process to determine whether he should remain in detention, be released or transferred into the court system.
activity acts chain criminal pictures rogue soldiers supported took
Those pictures were pictures of criminal acts that took place many years ago, rogue soldiers doing activity that wasn't supported by their chain of command.
demands negotiate normal procedures result terrorists
This was part of our normal procedures and not as a result of demands from terrorists or criminals. We do not negotiate with terrorists or criminals.
car cars coming forward high inside local looked nationals particular past rate result saw scene seen soldiers suicide
What our soldiers saw as a result of being on the scene was a car coming forward at a high rate of speed, ... That particular car looked like cars that we have seen in the past be used as suicide bombs...and there were two local nationals inside the car.
car cars coming forward highway looked nationals past saw scene seen soldiers speed suicide
What our soldiers on the scene saw was a car coming forward at a highway speed ... (It) looked like cars that we have seen in the past used in suicide bombs, (and) with two nationals inside,