Photos: from embedded journalist Damir Sagolj
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Damir was embedded with 2-32 FA during the first week of August.
Third set of pictures from Damir, including the August 11th search for a 'high priority target'.
August 11 Search for High Priority Target
Michael Totten is embedded with the 82nd airborne in Graya’at, and wrote about one of their night patrols.. completely unrelated to the 2-32, but I found it interesting:
A Baghdad Night Raid: Michael Totten
Weapons cache seized in Iraq
United Press International
Black Anthem Military News
August 10, 2007
weapons cache
BAGHDAD, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Members of the U.S.-led Multinational Force in Baghdad Friday seized weapons and bomb-making materials, the military said.
A spokesman said the seized weapons are believed to be connected with a weapons cache seized Tuesday in the western Yarmouk neighorhood, the Kuwait News Agency, KUNA reported.
"We're confident that this seizure prevented a major IED event," said Capt. Brian McCall, commander of Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment, KUNA reported. "With the pilgrimage to the Khadhmia shrine under way, any weapons we can keep off the streets will go a long way towards securing the march."
The military launched Operation Firecracker to seek out a suspected IED, or Improvised Explosive Device, cell in the area, KUNA reported. One Yarmouk resident was taken into custody Tuesday for questioning.
Photos: from embedded journalist Damir Sagolj
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Damir was embedded with 2-32 FA during the first week of August.
Second set of pictures from Damir, including the August 9th response to the attack on pilgrims in Yarmouk.
Damir Sagolj -- August 9th
Shiite Pilgrims Converge on Baghdad
NY Times
Damien Cave
August 9, 2007
Tens of thousands of Shiite pilgrims converged today on a shrine in western Baghdad to honor an 8th century Imam, moving through the streets with chants, flags, and only a few signs of the violent attacks and stampedes that have marked previous celebrations.
In Kadhimiya, the site of the shrine honoring Imam Musa al-Kadhim, two people died and at least 15 were injured when pilgrims crushed each other trying to reach a train departing the neighborhood, according to an interior ministry official. A sniper in the mostly Sunni area of Yarmouk was killed by Iraqi soldiers after opening fire on pilgrims at around 2 p.m., the official said. Three soldiers were wounded. [the McClatchy article below seems to report the same incident, and clarifies that the injured were Iraqi soldiers.]
The violence so far, however, has paled in comparison to last year, when explosions and gunfire killed more than 20 people, and 2005 when roughly 1,000 people died on a bridge after rumors of a suicide bomber ignited a mass panic. With a strict curfew in place, pilgrims en route said that security had improved, thanking the Shiite-led government in a few cases, and expressing a form of Shiite nationalism that treated the march as a protest against violence and a show of force meant to tell Sunni attackers that Shiite power is here to stay.
“We thank Maliki for arranging this,” said Mohammed Hussein Mahawish, 33, the owner of a shoe shop, referring to the Shiite prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki. “Regardless of terrorism and danger, no one can stop us, the Shiites, from fulfilling these duties to our Imams,” he said. He then shouted criticism of Sunni extremists, and “Saddamists and terrorists.”
Ahmed Aboud Hassan, 36, a food seller at the public market in Sadr City, said that he had walked overnight through several areas of the city, including Sunni locations. He described the pilgrimage as a display of Shiite unity and strength.
“We are here to tell them you will never frighten us,” Mr. Hassan said. “Our challenge will continue to our last days, until our deaths. You will never break our willpower.”
The rhetoric, he said, was not for all Iraqi Sunnis — just the extremists. He said he was excited to discover Sunnis who welcomed Shiites into their areas, in what appeared to be an effort to make peace, to show that ordinary Iraqis of the warring sects could find ways to get along.
On Haifa Street for example, a Sunni area often riven by sectarian violence, he said that residents handed out tea to pilgrims. Seeing what he hoped would be cause for long-awaited reconciliation, he said that the gesture brought him comfort.
“They’re helping us,” he said. “We’re here and they’re helping.”
Roundup of daily violence in Iraq
McClatchy Newspapers
By Laith Hammoudi
August 9, 2007
Baghdad - 3 Iraqi soldiers were wounded in clashes with gunmen tried to attack the pilgrims who were going towards the shrine of Kadhemiyah. The clashes took place in Qahtan square in Yarmouk neighborhood downtown Baghdad around 2,00 pm.
The Patriot Call: Iraq Edition
Volume 1, Issue 7 (link fixed)
August, 2007
Includes:**Highly RecommendedCommander's Message: LTC Michael Lawson
CSM Corner: CSM William Huffin
Bulldawgs Host Small Business Seminar: 1LT Brian Cooke
Drop Zones: CH Troy Parson
Alpha Battery Medical Initiative: 1LT Neil Rice
Ripples on the Water: SPC Matthew Bryan (Bravo Battery)**
Combat Lifesaver Course: SGT Jimmy Vincent
Gladiators on the Move: 1LT Kimberlynn Hunter
Intel Expert: Adam Wojcik
Photos: from embedded journalist Damir Sagolj
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Damir was embedded with 2-32 FA during the first week of August.
Updated August 8
Photos by Damir Sagolj
U.S. soldiers from the 2nd battalion, 32nd Field Artillery brigade, help the Iraqi army to control a check point in Baghdad August 5, 2007. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (IRAQ)
Extremists Continue to Hit Iraqi Residential Communities With Indirect Fire Attacks
News Blaze
Multi-National Force-Iraq
RELEASE No. 20070807-05
August 7, 2007
Multiple mortar rounds fell into the al-Baladiat area of eastern Baghdad, with several impacting near a gas station as day broke at approximately 6:30 a.m. Aug. 5. Iraqi Police and Coalition Forces quickly responded, talking with local residents in the area confirming that no one was injured from the attack.
As a new month begins in the Iraqi capital, militia and extremist groups continue to launch indirect fire attacks, directly affecting Baghdad communities. Twenty attacks have been launched in the first five days of August, with 12 attacks landing directly into Baghdad residential areas.
"Extremists continue to use indirect fire attacks that hit innocent Iraqis in residential areas," said Brig. Gen. John F. Campbell, deputy commanding general for maneuver of the Multi-National Division - Baghdad and the 1st Cavalry Division. "The Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces will continue to seek out and stop those responsible for these attacks."
Areas affected by extremist indirect fire attacks during the first five days of August include the al-Masafee, al-Sadiyah and al-Karb-de-Gla areas of the Rashid District in southern Baghdad, the al-Baladiat area in the southeastern New Baghdad District and the al-Yarmouk area in western Baghdad's Mansour District.
There were no available reports of injuries or damage from those attacks.
Dagger Brigade Weekly Slides
Dagger Brigade Combat Team Official Site
Week: July 30 - August 5
Slides: 29, 30
Promotions and Award CeremonyLTC LawsonBravo Battery Small Business Seminar
SPC Brown
CSM Huffin
PFC Gilyard
SSG Brunson
SGT Garrett1LT Alex Barnett
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