ISF confiscate weapons, clear munitions from Rash

[TWiley]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20090126-07
Jan. 26, 2009

ISF confiscate weapons, clear munitions from Rashid
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO


BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces confiscated munitions and seized weapons caches Jan. 25 in Baghdad’s Rashid district.

At approximately 3 p.m., Iraqi Army soldiers from 1st Battalion, 24th Brigade, 6th IA Division, partnered with Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, confiscated an anti-armor mine and nine AK-47 assault rifles during neighborhood clearing operations in Rashid’s Saydiyah community.

Enforcing Baghdad’s “Weapons Free” Policy, Iraqi National Police from the 3rd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, partnered with Company D, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., confiscated an AK-47 assault rifle and a .22-cal. rifle during neighborhood clearance operations in the Shurta community.

Meanwhile at approximately 6:30 p.m., Iraqi National Police from the 1st Company, 3rd Bn., 5th Bde., 2nd NP Div., partnered with Co. D, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., seized a weapons cache consisting a rocket propelled grenade, two kilograms of gun powder, a grenade, a stick of dynamite, 1,000 rounds of PKC machinegun ammunition and 100 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition during a cordon and search operation in Rashid’s Shurta community. The NP transported the munitions and weapons to a nearby JSS.

“Since the start of Iraq’s Security Agreement, combined operations yielded numerous weapon caches; however, the ISF continue to work independently day and night to secure the future of the Rashid district,” said Maj. Dave Olson, spokesman, 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div. “We are committed to assisting the ISF in securing their country and the Iraqi people in accordance with Iraq’s Security Agreement.”

story here: http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25129&Itemid=128

Evidently, they are confiscating weapons to make Iraq safer. Maybe the NRA should straighten the US military out and insist they proliferate weapons quick before it gets dangerous over there. After all, assault weapons like the AK-47 make society safer and more polite right?

[dashrif]

1. Be careful what you wish for

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm5PC7z79-8

www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/

[pipoman]

2. Have a link?

To the NRA advocating, After all, assault weapons like the AK-47 make society safer and more polite right??

Of coarse you don't because the NRA doesn't advocate automatic weapons proliferation, but you knew that. Any opportunity to lie to the ignorant on DU is never passed up, huh?

[friendly_iconoclast]

8. It's not lying, it's a "faith promoting rumor"!

Some things are just more important to the OP than 'truth', 'facts', and 'not coming across like Jon Lovitz doing Tommy Flanagan'.

[pipoman]

10. No, I believe it is in fact lying.

The OP knows better but chooses to lie when there is plenty of truth to exploit. The 'hit and run' posting the indefensible tactics just furthers my contention.

[pipoman]

11. dupe

[gorfle]

3. I cannot believe this.

Here we have an OCCUPYING ARMY disarming the citizens of THE COUNTRY IT IS OCCUPYING and you act surprised and dismayed.

Well OF COURSE a fucking tyranny is going to disarm the people it is trying to oppress! It's got nothing to do with safety and politeness - IT IS ABOUT CONTROL.

Moreover, everything that you quoted except the .22 rifle is either classified as a destructive device or a title III machine gun and thus highly regulated here in the United States, and no one, including the NRA, is advocating general public access to those.

[bossy22]

4. stop confusing assault weapons and assault rifles

you are starting to make yourself look stupid when it comes that

[Xela]

5. This sucks...Aren't they retreating from a previous policy?

It was my understanding that previously civilian households were being allowed to keep firearms for defensive purposes (including assault rifles).

So much for spreading our form of democracy.

Xela

[jeepnstein]

6. I wouldn't trade them places...

in a million years. Once our forces pull out there will be some serious blood shed. All we're doing is keeping it from being American blood. Last time I checked it was all the same shade of red no matter what.

If our armed forces were doing what they're doing in Iraq in, oh, let's say L.A. there would be such an outcry it would be deafening. All my Hillbilly brethren would be digging in deep. I cannot imagine our country resorting to that.

We have the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. We aren't a nation under occupation. How many on this board are willing to submit to house-to-house raids?

[slackmaster]

7. They're confiscating weapons to make themselves safer, not Iraq

After all, assault weapons like the AK-47 make society safer and more polite right?

No, only gun grabbers make such ridiculous statements. Another thing gun grabbers often do is conflate selective-fire military weapons with semiautomatic replicas made for the civilian sporting arms market. They keep on doing that no matter how many times they get corrected.

[yay]

9. You're bloody stupid....

No really that is about as big of a strawman as I've ever heard.