January 12, 2008 – 3:40 pm
AMIT R. PALEY; The Washington Post
TAIYEH, Iraq – The distress call rang out over the radio. In the midst of one of the largest current military operations in Iraq, Capt. Mike Stinchfield recognized this was, so far, his most urgent mission of the day……read more
January 12, 2008 – 3:37 pm
The Department of Defense announced today the death of six Soldiers from the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The six Soldiers, all members of 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, were killed January 9th in Sinsil, Iraq, north of Baghdad, when insurgents detonated a large bomb hidden in a house the Soldiers were clearing. [...]
January 12, 2008 – 3:31 pm
A bomb-rigged house exploded and killed six American Soldiers from 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, and their Iraqi interpreter.
Photos by Jehad Nga for The New York Times
January 12, 2008 – 3:27 pm
Driving out insurgents and assessing accusations, soldiers in Iraq often have to interview suspects and bag and tag evidence.
By Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
DIYALA RIVER VALLEY, IRAQ — A stocky man in a dusty dishdasha and red-checked scarf squatted under a tree as U.S. soldiers dug up his yard looking for weapons or [...]
January 11, 2008 – 5:00 pm
U.S. Army Soldiers from 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, as part of Operation Raider Harvest, patrol a small village in Diyala province, Iraq, Jan. 9.
U.S. Navy photos/Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Mulligan, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division (Huh? That’s what it said!)
January 11, 2008 – 11:22 am
By Kristen Noel
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON – A neighborhood formerly overrun by al Qaeda in Baghdad’s Rashid district has been cleared of the enemy and is starting to thrive again, a U.S. commander in Iraq said.
The sanctuary al Qaeda had in eastern Rashid’s Hadar neighborhood was “one of the last significant concentrations of [...]
January 10, 2008 – 6:20 pm
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
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2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment Public Affairs
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
AL BAYTARA, ABU GHRAIB, Iraq – Iraqi Army Soldiers from 3d Battalion, 3d Brigade, 6th Division and Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers found different weapons and explosives caches in a suspected bomb making facility in Al Baytara, [...]
January 7, 2008 – 5:22 pm
Edwardsville, Ill., native Spc. Alyson Haynes, right, practices examination procedures on Augusta, Maine, native Spc. Lena Reichardt both from Medical Troop, Regimental Support Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment at the newly renovated Camp Striker Troop Medical Clinic. The Camp Striker TMC has recently received a major renovation and now offers troops a pharmacy, x-rays, labs, [...]
