03-08-2006, 13:29
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Jackpot!
Gentlemen,
A momentous, albeit unusual, event recently occurred over here in CJSOTF-AP. We actually embedded a 'Stars and Stripes' reporter with the Iraqi Counter Terrorist Force (ICTF), with strict instructions not to photograph any US or Iraqi personnel, use their names in the ensuing newpaper article, or discuss operational techniques. During the course of his stay, he managed to accompany the unit on a successful hostage rescue. Afterwards, one Iraqi soldier was quoted as saying "If you ask one of these men what his religion is, he will tell you--'I am not Sunni, I am not Shi'a, I am not Kurd. I am ICTF."
That is what victory looks like. De Oppresso Liber.
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03-08-2006, 15:17
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Well done!
TR
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De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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03-08-2006, 15:22
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Outstanding!
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03-08-2006, 15:36
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Feels good, don't it?
Congratulations.
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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03-08-2006, 16:13
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This the one?
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Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force frees hostage
March 8, 2006
BALAD, Iraq (Army News Service, March 8, 2006) – A late-night operation by Iraqi Counter Terrorism Forces east of Taji March 6 freed an Iraqi government official held hostage and led to the detention of two suspects believed to be involved in the hostage taking.
Soldiers from the 2nd Counterterrorism Battalion, 1st Iraqi Special Operations Forces Brigade planned and conducted an assault that freed the Iraqi official who, according to sources, was to be executed later that night after spending almost four days in captivity.
The hostage was handcuffed to a bed in an isolated room of the house in which he was held. He was badly beaten and bleeding from his mouth when he was discovered by the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force known as ICTF. However, he was quickly cut free and taken to another room where he received medical attention and was able to call his family to tell them that he was safe.
According to one senior U.S. Special Operations Forces advisor responsible for training the ICTF, this is the type of mission they train for.
“They were able to execute quickly and make timely decisions on the ground,” the advisor said. “It provided an outstanding situation in which to showcase the abilities of the unit.”
Two individuals were apprehended soon after ICTF forces discovered the hostage. The two are believed to be part of a kidnapping and execution cell.
No one was killed during this operation, officials said. They said one of the alleged kidnappers received a cut on his head. He was treated on the scene.
U.S. SOF elements are involved throughout Iraq in training and advising the Iraqi Special Operations Forces Brigade, as well as other Iraqi Security Forces, including army and police units.
(Editor's note: Information provided by Multi-National Force-Iraq Public Affairs.)
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
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03-08-2006, 18:31
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
This the one?
TR
Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force frees hostage
March 8, 2006
BALAD, Iraq (Army News Service, March 8, 2006) – A late-night operation by Iraqi Counter Terrorism Forces east of Taji March 6 freed an Iraqi government official held hostage and led to the detention of two suspects believed to be involved in the hostage taking.
Soldiers from the 2nd Counterterrorism Battalion, 1st Iraqi Special Operations Forces Brigade planned and conducted an assault that freed the Iraqi official who, according to sources, was to be executed later that night after spending almost four days in captivity.
The hostage was handcuffed to a bed in an isolated room of the house in which he was held. He was badly beaten and bleeding from his mouth when he was discovered by the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force known as ICTF. However, he was quickly cut free and taken to another room where he received medical attention and was able to call his family to tell them that he was safe.
According to one senior U.S. Special Operations Forces advisor responsible for training the ICTF, this is the type of mission they train for.
“They were able to execute quickly and make timely decisions on the ground,” the advisor said. “It provided an outstanding situation in which to showcase the abilities of the unit.”
Two individuals were apprehended soon after ICTF forces discovered the hostage. The two are believed to be part of a kidnapping and execution cell.
No one was killed during this operation, officials said. They said one of the alleged kidnappers received a cut on his head. He was treated on the scene.
U.S. SOF elements are involved throughout Iraq in training and advising the Iraqi Special Operations Forces Brigade, as well as other Iraqi Security Forces, including army and police units.
(Editor's note: Information provided by Multi-National Force-Iraq Public Affairs.)
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Yep, that be the one!!!!!!! Front Page News!!!!!!!!!
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03-08-2006, 19:09
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BZ!
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03-10-2006, 01:27
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Thank you for sharing! 
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03-10-2006, 04:30
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Awsome!
I saw the article in the paper yesterday while I was at the commisary, great work, I salute the bunch of you. 
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03-10-2006, 12:42
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Originally Posted by Ammodawg
I saw the article in the paper yesterday while I was at the commisary, great work, I salute the bunch of you. |
The credit belongs to the men of the ICTF, and their USSF and NSW combat advisors.
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03-12-2006, 14:11
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Great stuff.
Thanks for sharing.
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03-12-2006, 14:24
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Blueboy:
Great post!
My son is headed in that direction soon.
Terry
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03-14-2006, 17:58
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Originally Posted by Ammodawg
I saw the article in the paper yesterday while I was at the commisary, great work, I salute the bunch of you. |
I'm starting to miss the S & S just a bit...
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04-05-2006, 15:27
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It does feel good in capturing the insurgents I must say. Our last few weeks in country was very rewarding, after capturing many of insurgents throughout our tour we captured 4 more on 13 December 2004 including a supsected leader of a terrorist cell in Jalula on a cordon and search. Even though I'm not SF it feels good when you remove insurgents from the equation of terrorism.
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04-05-2006, 18:04
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Thank you ethikz, from a grateful American.
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