Rick Lynch
Rick Lynch
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.
early leaving result
They're not going to be leaving early as a result of the hurricane,
activity again decided driver engage engagement hanging high hurt indeed itself looked outside particular passenger rate received result rules scene soldiers speed stopped suspicious training
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.
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,
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.
deliberate process work
We have a very deliberate process on how we work with those detainees,
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.
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.
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.
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.