We've got to applaud every day the courage and commitment of the Iraqi people. They're doing what they're doing for ... Iraq at great risk and great personal sacrifice.
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Right now, actively involved in operations in Tal Afar is the Third Iraqi Army Division, ... We now have sufficient assets available, between the coalition forces and Iraqi security forces, to leave behind a robust security presence so that the insurgents cannot return and that is indeed part of the plan.Rick Lynch
We're not seeing civil war igniting in Iraq.
Rick Lynch
The policy doesn't need to change. The policy that's in effect is the one that will stay in effect.
Rick Lynch
There are indeed militias, and the Iraqi law wants to integrate those militias into the Iraqi security force or disband those militias. Some of them did that, some of them still have displaced loyalties that have joined the Iraqi security forces ... and they could conduct the same kind of thing that we saw in that particular event.
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every planned operation, we take cultural sensitivity and things like holidays into consideration. For the momentum of the operations to continue, the decision was made to conduct the operation this morning, fully conscious of the fact that there was indeed a religious holiday, but knowing that it was important to continue the momentum.
Rick Lynch
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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