Good News From Iraq as not reported by the BBC

** More good news from Iraq, yet none of it has ever been broadcast by the dhimmi run El Beeb.

TIKRIT, Iraq – Iraqi Army and U.S. Soldiers detained 17 anti-Iraqi forces personnel and discovered four weapons caches during Operation Red Light II in Salah Ad Din province March 31.

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division, teamed with Rakkasans from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division in a combined air and ground assault on suspected terrorist cells.

The four weapons caches consisted of an assortment of IED making material, as well as more than 27,000 rounds of ammunition, 118 artillery rounds, 102 artillery projectile charges, 31 rockets, 19 rocket-propelled grenades, four surface-to-air missiles, 87 mines, 45 hand grenades, three mortar rounds, one mortar site, and one explosive stick of PE4.

The 17 detainees were taken into custody by IA Soldiers for further questioning.

MOSUL, Iraq - At a change of command ceremony at the theater on Logistical Staging Area Diamondback, Mosul, Iraq the Seventh Albanian Contingent assumed control from the Sixth Albanian Contingent.

Albanians serve a six-month rotation and the Sixth Contingent is ending its tour.

“Maj. Sokoli, you and your Soldiers will be sorely missed, and are true professionals,” said Lt. Col. Richard Fenoli, base commander.

This relationship has fostered deep admiration and a strong bond.”

According to Maj. Sokoli, Sixth Contingent commander, the unit took over responsibility in October from another contingent and completed many different tasks. The most distinguished were guard duty and base security for LSA Diamondback.

“The Sixth Contingent Soldiers were committed and did an outstanding job,” said Sokoli. “They were professional and it was an honor to serve in this rotation not only for ourselves but for our country.”

According to Fenoli, when one door closes another door opens. That opening is Maj. Kengji and the Soldiers of the Seventh Contingent.

“We are excited to have you here and know the alliance will continue,” Fenoli said, together our swords will swing as one and our shields defend, together we will be victorious.”

“We will do our best to uphold the great job that the Sixth Contingent performed and accomplish the mission as best as we can,” said Maj. Kengji, seventh contingent commander.

“The Albanian Contingent is a very important enabler to the brigade combat team, you have put yourself in harms way, and are a highly respected members of our team,” said Col. Michael Shields, commander, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.

“Your professionalism, commitment, and discipline and the effects you have achieved here while conducting force protection has been magnificent,” said Shields.

Shields also said that the Albanians have a unique contribution to the overall brigade fight. What the Albanians have done has allowed brigade Soldiers to successfully accomplish their mission on the streets of Mosul.

“The Sixth Contingent wishes the Seventh Contingent the best of luck and rise above the prestige in the good name of the Albanian Army,” said Sokoli.

“I want to express my congratulations to Maj. Sokoli and his Soldiers,” said Kenji. “Albania has taken the side of good against evil and will stay with the Americans as long as it takes to free Iraq from terrorism.”

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two suspected militants were killed when a land mine went off in their car in eastern Afghanistan, police said.

The blast happened in Yakubi district of Khost province on Thursday, near where the militants had laid another land mine by a roadside, said provincial police chief Mohammed Ayub. Ayub described the dead men as "enemies of Afghanistan" but declined to specify whether they were from the Taliban or al-Qaida, whose fighters are both active in the region.

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