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MAF Presents: The Daily Blog
Here at the Move America Forward Daily Blog we chronicle the good news on the War on Terrorism you might
not have heard about on the evening news. We also shine the spotlight on those whose conduct against our
country and our military is unbecoming.
Monday, June 29, 2009
American Troops Withdraw from Iraq’s Cities
Iraqis celebrated with fireworks as American troops marched away from Iraq’s cities, handing control of the country back to Iraqis. That means Iraqis will have to protect themselves from the terrorists who will no doubt work to destroy the country. Violence has increased already, but that was expected. What a gift the United States gave to the people of Iraq: chance for freedom and self-government and escape from a bloody dictator.
Fireworks lit up the night sky over Baghdad tonight as Iraqis celebrated the withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops from the country’s cities, the first milestone in a U.S.-Iraqi security agreement that calls for the departure of all U.S. troops by the end of 2011.
After giving power to Iraqis, Lt. Col. Tim Karcher loses legs in explosion.Under the agreement, Iraqi forces were to assume formal control of security in Baghdad and Iraq’s major cities as U.S. combat troops withdrew to areas outside the cities by June 30.
The date has long been anticipated by Iraqis and Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki declared Tuesday a public holiday: National Sovereignty Day.
The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno, told “Fox News Sunday” this weekend that the United States had already completed the withdrawal before the deadline.
America keeps her word. But patriots always knew this.
“We have already moved out of the cities,” Odierno said. “We’ve been slowly doing it over the last eight months. And the final units have moved out of the cities over the last several weeks.
“It is time for them to take responsibility inside the cities,” Odierno continued. “It’s time for this partnership to have an Iraqi lead, it’s time for this partnership to have the Iraqis out in front.”
Under the agreement, some U.S. troops will remain in Iraq’s cities continuing to serve on as embedded trainers with Iraqi army and police units, and additional forces will continue to provide logistical assistance to Iraq’s troops in the cities.
However, the bulk of U.S. troops will continue to operate in Iraq’s rural areas and the belts surrounding urban areas in joint patrols with Iraqi security forces, much as they have since the security framework was put in place early this year.
U.S. Test Fires Missile
The United States test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile from California today.
The AP Reports:
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - The Air Force has successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile from the California coast to an area in the Pacific Ocean some 4,200 miles away.
Lt. Raymond Geoffroy says the ICBM was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 3:01 a.m. Monday and carried three unarmed re-entry vehicles to their targets near the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
The missile, configured with a National Nuclear Security Administration Test Assembly, was launched under the direction of the 576th Flight Test Squadron.
The Air Force says the launch was an operational test to check the weapon system’s reliability and accuracy, and the data will be used by United States Strategic Command planners and Department of Energy laboratories.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
It’s ‘T” Day: Come one, Come All and Support Our Troops!
It’s “T” Day. Troopathon. I am so stoked about today. We’re at the Reagan Presidential Library and will have patriots from all around in the studio audience. The stars are coming out for American troops today, as are the military families and troops themselves, the heroes of today and every day.
Tune in to see all kinds of talent, from Hollywood stars to radio titans. We’ve got it all. Our mission: to have YOU sponsor care packages and ship the largest amount in history to our troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay.
Do NOT miss this. Tune in to Ustream.tv or come to the Reagan Presidential Library and watch in person. We’ll be live at 1 p.m. Pacific Time.
Tune in here throughout the day and I’ll give updates on what’s happening behind the scenes!
Friday, June 19, 2009
Nuclear Standoff Between U.S. and N. Korea at Sea?
The U.S. Military is set to intercept a Korean ship that may have nuclear materials aboard.
FOX News has the story:
The USS John McCain, a navy destroyer, will intercept the ship Kang Nam as soon as it leaves the vicinity off the coast of China, according to a senior U.S. defense official. The order to inderdict has not been given yet, but the ship is getting into position.
The ship left a port in North Korea Wednesday and appears to be heading toward Singapore, according to a senior U.S. military source. The vessel, which the military has been tracking since its departure, could be carrying weaponry, missile parts or nuclear materials, a violation of U.N. Resolution 1874, which put sanctions in place against Pyongyang.
The N. Koreans have become more and more provacative, testing the West and especially the United States.
The USS McCain was involved in an incident with a Chinese sub last Friday - near Subic Bay off the Philippines.
The Chinese sub was shadowing the destroyer when it hit the underwater sonar array that the USS McCain was towing behind it.
That same navy destroyer that was being shadowed by the Chinese is now positioning itself for a possible interdiction of the North Korean vessel.
This is the first suspected “proliferator” that the U.S. and its allies have tracked from North Korea since the United Nations authorized the world’s navies to enforce compliance with a variety of U.N. sanctions aimed at punishing North Korea for its recent nuclear test.
The ship is currently along the coast of China and being monitored around-the-clock by air.
The apparent violation raises the question of how the United States and its allies will respond, particularly since the U.N. resolution does not have a lot of teeth to it.
The resolution would not allow the United States to board the ship forcibly. Rather, U.S. military would have to request permission to board—a request North Korea is unlikely to grant.
North Korea has said that any attempt to board its ships would be viewed as an act of war and promised “100- or 1,000-fold” retaliation if provoked.
The U.S. military may also request that the host country not provide fuel to the ship when it enters its port. North Korean merchant ships usually need fuel as they approach Singapore and the ports of eastern India. When tipped off, Indian port authorities are stringent enforcers of UN sanctions against ships carrying contraband.
The U.S. Navy does not need to enforce the sanctions. Instead, it could “poison the host,” a move that entails working behind the scenes with Indian Ocean port authorities to inspect and confiscate illegal cargos.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Japan Intel: N. Korean Will fire Missile at U.S. on July 4
The North Koreans are stepping up their campaign to bully the Obama Adminstration and the United States. Japanese intelligence says the N. Koreans will unleash a missile on the Hawaiian Islands around July 4.
Here’s the story from the Daily Mail:
North Korea may launch a long-range ballistic missile towards Hawaii on American Independence Day, according to Japanese intelligence officials.
The U.S. must respond in no uncertain terms before the missile is on even near the launchpad. We cannot, as we did in WWII before Pearl Harbor, ignore what is going on around us.
It is understood the communist state is likely to fire the missile between July 4 and 8. A launch on July 4 would coincide with Independence Day in the States.It would also be the 15th anniversary of North Korean president Kim Il-Sung’s death.
Officials had initially believed that North Korea might attempt to launch a similar device towards either Japan’s Okinawa island, Guam or Hawaii.
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