{"id":1723,"date":"2006-12-18T09:25:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-18T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/12\/if-you-really-want-to-know-wha.html"},"modified":"2006-12-18T09:25:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-18T09:25:00","slug":"if-you-really-want-to-know-wha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/12\/if-you-really-want-to-know-wha.html","title":{"rendered":"If you really want to know what’s happening in Iraq…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Then you might want to check out this embedded blogger<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The mission of the Police and Military Transition Teams here in Fallujah is to assist with the turnover of the city to the Iraqis. This is happening, slowly but surely. In southwestern Fallujah, 3 Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division (3-2-1) owns the battlespace of a majority of the Resafa neighborhood. Resafa was one of the last bastions of al-Qaeda during the 2004 assault on the city.
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\nThe Military Transition Team for 3 Company, as well as the rest of 3rd Battalion, have truly moved into an advisory role. “They advise, assist and mentor the Iraqi Army, and what they do with this is up to them,” said Major David McCombs, the executive officer of MTT for 3rd Battalion. The other two MTTs for 1 and 2 Companies have the same role as 3 Company’s MTT.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

An he’s outside the Green Zone, shocking! And I’m really surprised that we are already training Iraqis because I thought training Iraqis was the “new direction” we were taking. If we are already training Iraqis, then how is that a “new direction” in Iraq?
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