Military - September 2006

Marines deny losing Iraq's biggest province By Peter Graff

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The commander of the U.S. Marine force in Iraq on Tuesday denied his troops had lost control of the vast province they patrol, after newspapers reported his intelligence chief had written a bleak report. ( Note: The report states the Marines are losing control)

A division led by U.S. Marines has faced some of the highest casualty rates in Iraq patrolling the vast western desert of Anbar, Iraq's biggest province and a center of the Sunni insurgency.

The Washington Post reported that officials who have seen a study by the Marines' top intelligence officer in Iraq say he described the situation in the province as lost. Iraq's Shi'ite-led government holds no sway there and the strongest political movement is the Iraq branch of al Qaeda, it concluded.

The Post said it was the USA military is doing its best but it's two steps forward and one step back.

2006-09-12 09:01:57 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been told that although military contracts designate jobs, the military reserves the right to change these jobs if it wants. For example, if you enlisted as a tank fixer, the military could make you be in the infantry AFTER they had garenteed the "tank fixer" job and you had enlisted. Is this true?

2006-09-12 09:00:21 · 9 answers · asked by bowlingcap 2

2006-09-12 08:47:16 · 7 answers · asked by charles l 1

i read a text book
please explain. why did usa have to stick nose in it?

2006-09-12 08:31:58 · 15 answers · asked by pyarali2 1

2006-09-12 08:29:58 · 16 answers · asked by Blah! 1

I was called a traitor just for commenting that the US used Napalm on the Vietnamese and the US left Vietnam in shame following the fall of Saigon. You are more than welcome to enter a different war if you provide enough justification and a web source.

Therefore, I ask you in a respectful and dignified way where do you think that the US committed the worst war atrocities. This is a heated topic and I have a quick trigger finger on the abuse button for those who want to be immature, irreverent and disrespectful. Your cooperation is appreciated.

2006-09-12 08:21:17 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-12 08:19:44 · 4 answers · asked by tiff024je 1

I was in military intelligence overseas and personally it makes me mad when I hear muslims in the U.S. and abroad complain about George Bush and the U.S. Just an FYI if you are a muslim, I am glad that my time in the military probably contributed to blowing your muslim brothers in Al Qaeda to kingdom come. Oh and by the way, in the U.S. Military, our bombs are WAY bigger than yours and we can blow you up with them even if you are locked in a concrete bunker a hundred feet in the ground! Sorry about your luck.

2006-09-12 08:15:37 · 20 answers · asked by weluvgwbush 1

..and what sorry bastards are hiding him?

2006-09-12 08:06:16 · 25 answers · asked by nbr1_nightstalker 1

2006-09-12 08:04:32 · 16 answers · asked by tiff024je 1

2006-09-12 07:55:14 · 10 answers · asked by Joey M 1

2006-09-12 07:53:47 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-12 07:53:38 · 3 answers · asked by tiff024je 1

2006-09-12 07:49:15 · 15 answers · asked by Random Precision 4

2006-09-12 07:42:19 · 10 answers · asked by tiff024je 1

USA says they spread democracy all over the world. Guys and what for do we have UN? Why does Americans think they have right to start war only because they don't like someone’s Politics? To my mind it is problem of country and its people and no one more.

2006-09-12 07:40:38 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was told thay is was hard and they only pick 5 out 70 people in a region

2006-09-12 07:39:22 · 4 answers · asked by STARS 3

http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/09/07/wld01.asp
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060905/481/isl10109051021
What is your openion?

2006-09-12 07:38:08 · 6 answers · asked by A BOY 3

Throughout history modern armies have had signifigant troubles against guerrilla armies. How does a mordern Army defeat another Army that is fighting with guerilla tactics.

The British vs. the Colonies.
USA vs. Vietnam.
USA vs. Jihadist.

2006-09-12 07:23:09 · 21 answers · asked by 3rd parties for REAL CHANGE 5

i'm deploying to Iraq in Feburary for a year. my lady is sad and telling me, why are you leaving me, she wished she never met me, and that i ruined her life, and etc. now those are some harsh words. i understand she is hurt, but i don't know how to handle what she told me, it was uncall for, should i leave her? or bare with her cause she doesn't mean those things? (we've been together for little over a year)

2006-09-12 07:22:35 · 12 answers · asked by DOINK 2

how do you prepare for a deployment, in that i mean what important documents and stuff also emotionally? this is his second deployment... his first one strained our relationship BAD! please help

2006-09-12 07:22:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a bachalor's degree and am looking at becomming an intelligence officer with the long term goal of intelligence with the FBI or CIA. Any advise on with branch of the militarty to choose and which route to choose in that branch?

2006-09-12 07:08:10 · 14 answers · asked by Matt 1

2006-09-12 07:07:48 · 8 answers · asked by Big John 1

Since my husband is active duty I am wanting to join however we have children and were wondering if anyone knew of any jobs that never deployed.

2006-09-12 06:36:23 · 10 answers · asked by Austin C 2

Enron, WMD in Iraq, Bin laden and Saddam Hussein, no knowledge of 911, missiles to Israel, selling poisonous gas to Saddam.

2006-09-12 06:24:37 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are there any people that join the navy that don't have to stay on a boat a long time?

2006-09-12 06:23:54 · 11 answers · asked by STARS 3

example
score of ---- to be a recruiter
score of ---- to get an office job

My degree is business administration with a concentration in marketing and management

I wanted to do something closely related to my major

2006-09-12 06:21:45 · 8 answers · asked by STARS 3

2006-09-12 06:21:27 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-12 06:06:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm surving in the US Army in Afghianistan. On the 9th of September an Al-Queda suicide bomber killed an influntial cleric. two days later another Al-Queda suicide bomber exploded at his funeral, killing 20. No where in any of the reports did it say anything about the american medical personnel that kept the death toll from being double or triple that number. Why don't they tell the whole story?

2006-09-12 05:48:21 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous