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Department of Defense (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... the men. Iraqi police found the remains of a third soldier missing in the ambush – Pfc. Joseph J. Anzack Jr. – on May 23, 2007. The search for Jimenez and Fouty continued until 10 days ago, when coalition special operations forces captured an individual suspected of knowing where the soldiers were buried. The suspect’s information led investigators to the soldiers’ remains July 8. U.S. medical...
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
CAMP VICTORY, Iraq - The second-ranking US commander in Iraq said yesterday he is preparing for the possibility that insurgents will try to spoil Iraq's upcoming provincial elections. Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III provided no details on how...
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THE TENSION (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
D ispatches from the Front: BAGHDAD, July 9, 2008 -- If you asked Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin in April which cities in Iraq were the hot spots and would be the focus of his forces’ efforts, he would have replied quickly: Basra, Mosul, Diyala and Baghdad’s Sadr City district. But when reporters asked the commander of Multinational Corps Iraq about those same cities today during a media...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III provided no details on how coalition and Iraqi forces will approach the security challenge as voter registration proceeds this summer and polling stations are opened. Voting in all 18 provinces is intended to be held in October, but some people believe it probably will slip into November.
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The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
... all happy-happy, joy-joy either. You see, Megyn left out a little bit of the story. Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of Multinational Corps Iraq, [characterized] security improvements as fragile gains that coalition troops are attempting to solidify as they build the capabilities of their Iraqi counterparts. Source : Attacks in Iraq Down 80 Percent Since June 2007, General...
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CrosSwords (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
This comes from Armed Forces Press via Bob Babcock. Please let me know if you saw this in the mainstream media… Attacks in Iraq Down 80 Percent Since June 2007, General Says By John J. Kruzel American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 23, 2008 - The number of weekly attacks in Iraq has dropped from about 1,200 a week [...]
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Mirroring this reduction in violence has been a 70 percent decrease in roadside-bomb attacks and an 85 percent spike in the number of weapons caches coalition forces have found over the past year, Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of Multinational Corps Iraq, told reporters via satellite from Baghdad at a Pentagon news conference. “I attribute most of these hard-fought gains...
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
... and top officials say the number of attacks is continuing to plummet. On Monday, Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, the No. 2 U.S. military commander in Iraq, said the average number of weekly attacks had fallen from 1,200 in June 2007 to 200 this June."Iraq is a much better place than it was a year ago across the board, politically, economically and from a security standpoint," Adm. Michael...
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Department of Defense (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Mirroring this reduction in violence has been a 70 percent decrease in roadside-bomb attacks and an 85 percent spike in the number of weapons caches coalition forces have found over the past year, Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of Multinational Corps Iraq, told reporters via satellite from Baghdad at a Pentagon news conference. “I attribute most of these hard-fought gains...
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The Conservative Voice Columns (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
... at 703-697-4272 or 703-571-9476, email jennifer.harrington@js.pentagon.mil . Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of the Multinational Corps-Iraq, will brief live from Iraq at 9 a.m. EDT, June 23, in the DoD Briefing Room, Pentagon 2E579, to provide an update on ongoing security operations in Iraq. Journalists without a Pentagon building pass will be picked up at the North...
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PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
... frankly I think we've demonstrated that we've been very effective with what we have," Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, who began his current job in February, said in an interview. The U.S. military has already withdrawn four of the five combat brigades sent to Iraq early last year as part of the troop buildup ordered by President Bush , leaving about 151,000 in the country, down from...
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SWJ Blog (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
... frankly I think we've demonstrated that we've been very effective with what we have," Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, who began his current job in February, said in an interview. Turkey and Iran Unite to Attack Kurdish Rebels - Associated Press Turkey and Iran have been carrying out coordinated strikes against Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, a top Turkish general said Thursday....
