To say it's shutdown is difficult. It's almost impossible to physically shut it down.
Steve Boylan
We got specific information and intelligence that led us to him,.. We've been tracking him for a while.
information intelligence
We had a tip from an Iraqi citizen that led us to him,.. It was a joint US-Iraqi operation. We?ve been tracking him for a while.
As in any time when our operations are very proactive and going out after the terrorists groups, the insurgent groups, there is always the possibility that our casualties will go up
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As we get closer to the referendum, just as we saw at the beginning of the year going toward the (January 30) election, it's always expected that they (insurgents) will increase their activities to try to cause intimidation and fear in those who would go out to vote.
fear beginning election january intimidation vote closer
They are not going to redeploy early as they are already in the process of redeployment
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difficult impossible
We are not redeploying units/personnel for the hurricane relief efforts as all the units/personnel here are required for the ongoing security and stability operations happening here in Iraq
security iraq stability relief
Last month, we had quite a few operations across Iraq,.. These were more specific and intense operations. Whenever you have more offensive operations rather than just patrols and searches there are always the risk of more casualties.
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This shows that we are actively going after the network. We've taken down the number two in the network and that is going to have an impact
impact
And whoever replaces him as number two, we will go after him as well.
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