Iraqi officials and Multi-National Division – Baghdad leaders transferred responsibility of Forward Operating Base Duke to Iraqi Security Forces during a press conference Oct. 1.
Col. John Tully, commander, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, officially signed documents to sign the FOB to the Ministry of Interior, which was represented by Maj. Gen. Hussein Aooyiz Al Ghazali, commander, 5th Department of Border Enforcement, and Asaad Sultan Abu Gelal, the Najaf governor.
The transfer of the base follows an Iraqi in the Lead ceremony during the past week in which Iraqi Security Forces assumed operational control for the northern Babil province and security of the cities of Al Iskandariyah, Haswah and Al Khudi from 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
The FOB and operational area transitions are part of a plan to eventually turn over all southern provinces to the Iraqi government and military control as the ISF continues to grow into a viable force, said Maj. Jeff Avolio, Iraqi Security Forces liaison officer, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
Officials Transfer Authority of Base to Iraqi Security Forces
Posted by Pam
on 10/3/2006
Wait-a-sec…
Can anyone confirm if thism is one of the permanent bases that the anti-war effort has been bitching about?
You are awful!:wink:
And I don’t even try…
Both you miss the BDS crowd’s point. This base isn’t being surrendered to the Islamofascists. We aren’t surrendering in the War on Terror, converting to Islam, and taking our various punishments and beheadings.
I was referring to the fact that the BDS crowd has been saying that we are never leaving Iraq, we are going to set up bases and occupy their land forever blah blah blah! Well, this is the start, a small start, but a good one that we are going to be pulling out…:smile:
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No, I didn’t miss the point…you missed mine.
Transfer of a base to – at best – an inept or – at best a corrupt – Iraqi government doesn’t mean much. It’s window dressing. I believe the American Forces will leave — and sooner than later. It comes down to politics not to mention the budget.
When they do leave they leave a country torn & in chaos. 3 ways Iraq could resolve itself afterwards: 1.) splits into 3 separate & warring factions each with its own international sponsers, 2.) strongman arises and brutally suppresses the violence and forge a nation through tyranny (Saddam II anyone?), 3.)Iraq comes together as a peaceloving, democratic nation – an example to all the Mideast.
Just about no one believes #3 is possible. So, take your pick from #1 or #2. When we went into Iraq we didn’t understand the mindset. An Muslum would much rather consult a mullah rather than any kind of governmental representative.
“Just about no one believes #3 is possible. So, take your pick from #1 or #2″
Pretty shitty choices. Who pushed this fiasco on the world in the first place? Oh, wait…that’s right…Republicans.
History will not be kind.