Battle In Tripoli, Lebanon - Update Two

Battle In Tripoli, Lebanon
Update Two
Friday, June 01, 2007

Video from Today, (Friday,) CDT

* Fighting erupts at besieged Lebanon refugee camp *
Video Posted on LiveLeak by smeblee
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>>> The IrishExaminer.com website has this Breaking News Report... Under the cover of artillery barrages, dozens of Lebanese army tanks and armored carriers today moved against Islamic militants barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon... The artillery bombardment sent clouds of white smoke rising out of the Nahr el-Bared camp outside Tripoli where Fatah Islam militants have been holed up in a 13-day siege by the Lebanese army...
Read the story in full at link below...
Lebanese army moves against militants in camp

>>> EuroNews.net has this short report and video that starts off like this... Renewed heavy fighting has erupted between Lebanese troops and al-Qaeda inspired Palestinian militants, who are holed-up in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon. The Lebanese army is surrounding the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, determined to crush the Fatah al-Islam group...
Read the rest and watch the video HERE

>>> The YALIBNAN.com website has this take on the story today... The Battle for Nahr al-Bared began this morning. The intense Lebanese army artillery fire on the Palestinian refugee camp appears to be the beginning of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's plan to eliminate the Islamist Fatal al-Islam faction...
Read the story HERE

More to come...
AubreyJ.........

DoD Identifies Army Casualties

No. 685-07 June 01, 2007
DoD Identifies Army Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the death of five soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died May 28th in Abu Sayda, Iraq, of wounds suffered when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Killed were:
1st Lt. Kile G. West, 23, of Pasadena, Texas.
Sgt. Anthony D. Ewing, 22, of Phoenix, Ariz.
Cpl. Zachary D. Baker, 24, of Vilonia, Ark.
Cpl. James E. Summers, III, 21, of Bourbon, Mo.
Spc. Alexandre A. Alexeev, 23, of Wilmington, Calif.

For more information in regard to this release the media can contact the Fort Hood public affairs office at (254) 287-9993; after hours (254) 291-2591.

DoD Identifies Army Casualties

No. 684-07 June 01, 2007
DoD Identifies Army Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died May 30th in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when the vehicle they were in struck an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.

Killed were:
Sgt. Bacilio E. Cuellar, 24, of Odessa, Texas.
Spc. James E. Lundin, 20, of Bellport N.Y.
Pfc. Joshua M. Moore, 20, of Russellville, Ky.

For more information in regard to this release the media can contact the V Corps public affairs office at 011.49.6221.57.5813.

Taking A Moment To Remember Our Fallen Heroes

Some of our bravest gave their all these last few days...
Take a moment to read their names,

(in the posts below/above this one,) and in your own way

thank them for all they have done and were

willing to do for you -- me and this great country of ours…
May God Bless each and every one of these fallen Heroes,

their families, friends, loved ones and

their comrades in arms who were at their side...

AubreyJ.........

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

No. 683-07 June 01, 2007
DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Pfc. Matthew E. Baylis, 20, of Oakdale, N.Y., died May 31st in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered on May 30th when his dismounted patrol encountered enemy small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
For more information in regard to this release the media can contact the Fort Carson public affairs office at (719) 526-3420; after hours (719) 526-5500.

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

No. 682-07 June 01, 2007
DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Cpl. Jonathan A. Markham, 22, of Bedford, Texas, died May 29th in Abu Sayda, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted position. He was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
For more information in regard to this release the media can contact the Fort Hood public affairs office at (254) 287-9993; after hours (254) 291-2591.

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

No. 681-07 June 01, 2007
DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Pfc. Matthew A. Bean, 22, of Pembroke, Mass., died May 31st at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., of wounds suffered on May 19th in Lutifiyah, Iraq, when he was struck by enemy small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
For more information on this soldier, contact the Fort Drum public affairs office at (315) 772-8286.

Joint operation successful in Al Kut

Joint operation successful in Al Kut
Friday, June 1, 2007

Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Division-Central South Brigade Combat Team conducted a successful military operation in the Al Izza district of Al Kut city Wednesday.

ISF and Coalition troops dubbed the Operation Viper’s Bite.

The operation, which involved close air support, resulted in the detainment of 13 people suspected of insurgent activities.

Three of them are on the most wanted persons list in Wasit province. The rest of the detainees were handed over to the Iraqi Police.

The joint forces seized machine guns, rocket propelled grenades, 122 mm artillery shells and approximately 1500 rounds of small caliber ammunition during the operation.

“My Soldiers always conduct their tasks with enthusiasm and commitment. I am proud of them,” said Brig. Gen. Miroslaw Rozanski, the MND-CS BCT commander, after the operation.

The joint military operation ended with success, said Rozanski.
Each successful mission the ISF conducts may build experience and strengthen Iraqi security.

“The future is in the hands of the Iraqi people,” said Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, spokesperson for Multi-National Force-Iraq, during a press conference May 23. “They are ultimately responsible for their own security, their own governance and their own prosperity.”

(Story and Photo by Multi-National Division - Central South PAO)
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In other developments throughout Iraq
• Coalition Soldiers detained two suspected insurgents, found a cache, and seized a local vehicle after a small-arms attack Today near Az-Zaidon, Iraq, west of Baghdad.
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• Iraqi Forces detained 15 suspected insurgents without incident during three operations in central Iraq May 26, 27 and 28. The operations disrupted insurgent networks launching attacks on innocent civilians and Coalition forces.