The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... said the situation has calmed in Sadr City despite Wednesday's violence. U.S. Army Lt. Col. Steve Stover told the VOA that compared to recent weeks, Sadr City "largely quiet" and the U.S. and Iraqi soldiers were "doing very well" in halting the fighting. (c) UPI
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... cease-fire agreement in August, but Shiite militiamen have recently ignored those orders. Lt. Col. Steve Stover, a military spokesman for American troops in Baghdad, said yesterday that the fighting was caused by "special groups," Shiite factions that have broken with Sadr. Many are thought to be trained and armed by Iranian forces. Iran denies the allegations.Nevertheless, pro-Sadr...
Department of Defense (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers provide security outside the main chapel of the St. Peter Seminary of Chaldean Patriarchate in the predominantly Muslim community of Abu Tshir, Iraq. The chapel represents a piece of Iraq’s cultural history in southern Baghdad's Rashid district. U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. Steve Stover, Multinational Division Baghdad (Click photo for screen-resolution...
Global Security (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... from the northern city of Irbil.A U.S. military spokesman for the Baghdad area, Lieutenant Colonel Steve Stover, says several militants were killed in pre-dawn fighting in and around Sadr City. He says troops launched a Hellfire missile that killed two militants who were spotted planting explosives in the eastern Baghdad neighborhood. A third militant was killed outside Sadr City.Colonel...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... but there were no troop casualties. "They are obviously not listening to any agreement," Lt. Col. Steve Stover, a military spokesman for American troops in Baghdad, said. He accused what he called "special groups" of launching attacks on U.S. and Iraqi troops. The U.S. military has alleged that most Shiite extremists fighting Iraqi and U.S. forces in Sadr City have splintered away...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... were no troop casualties.
"They are obviously not listening to any agreement," Lt. Col. Steve Stover, a military spokesman for American troops in Baghdad, said. He accused what he called "special groups" of launching attacks on U.S. and Iraqi troops.
The U.S. military has alleged that most Shiite extremists fighting Iraqi and U.S. forces in Sadr City have splintered away...
Stryker Brigade News (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... cease in the efforts to protect the people of Iraq from terrorists and criminals,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, MND-B and 4th Infantry Division spokesman. “It is a never ending, never changing contract between U.S. Soldiers and the people of Baghdad.”
THE TENSION (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... to identify these criminal elements and eliminate the threat they pose,” said Army Lt. Col. Steve Stover, a Multinational Division Baghdad and 4th Infantry Division spokesman. “We will continue to use precision fire to defend the Iraqi people and ourselves against these criminal elements.” In yesterday's operations: An American aerial weapons team destroyed an insurgent rocket-launch...
Department of Defense (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
A vehicle was destroyed while another insurgent fled the scene. “Our soldiers, along with the Iraqi security forces, continue to meet with the local populace to identify these criminal elements and eliminate the threat they pose,” said Army Lt. Col. Steve Stover, a Multinational Division Baghdad and 4th Infantry Division spokesman. “We will continue to use precision fire to defend the...
THE TENSION (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... group criminals continue to disrupt the security of local Iraqi communities," said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, a spokesman for Multinational Division Baghdad and 4th Infantry Division. "These barriers will improve security, life will get better for Sadr City residents, and together with the Iraqi security forces, we will bring the criminals to justice." In other operations yesterday, Multinational...
Department of Defense (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... group criminals continue to disrupt the security of local Iraqi communities," said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, a spokesman for Multinational Division Baghdad and 4th Infantry Division. "These barriers will improve security, life will get better for Sadr City residents, and together with the Iraqi security forces, we will bring the criminals to justice." In other operations yesterday, Multinational...
