Rick Lynch
Rick Lynch
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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.
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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,
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approached at a high rate of speed and then conducted activity that in itself was suspicious. There were individuals hanging outside with what looked to be a weapon. It stopped and immediately put itself in reverse. Again suspicious activity. Our soldiers on the scene used established rules of engagement and all the training received ... (and they) decided that it was appropriate to engage that particular car. And as a result of that the driver was indeed killed and the passenger was hurt by shards of glass.
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The difference is that the Iraqi police mechanized brigade actively patrols Route Irish, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, ... It transformed it from the highway of death to one of the most safe and secure routes in all of Iraq, again a tribute to the capabilities of these trained and ready police forces.
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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,
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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 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.
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We're studying very hard where this technology is coming from and what we can do to combat that technology,
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None of those service members were coached as to what to say.
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.
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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.
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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'.