Rick Lynch
Rick Lynch
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.
against believe crucial element foreign great success terrorists
We believe we are experiencing great success against the most crucial element of the insurgency, which is the terrorists and the foreign fighters,
coached members none service
None of those service members were coached as to what to say.
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,
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,
continue covered fighters foreign inch terrorists until work
We will continue to work away so we have covered every inch ... of Tal Afar, until we've killed all the terrorists and foreign fighters there,
democratic discredit insurgents iraqi operations
The insurgents are still there, ... They still want to derail the democratic process. They still want to discredit the Iraqi government, so operations continue.
They were bound, they were together, there were no kidnappers in the area.
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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.
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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.