WEBVTT 00:08.640 --> 00:10.610 today on FBI soldiers patrol in 00:10.610 --> 00:12.721 southern Baghdad and coalition forces 00:12.721 --> 00:14.110 give land back to Iran . 00:22.940 --> 00:24.970 Mhm . Welcome to this edition of 00:24.970 --> 00:27.330 Freedom Colonel PFC john Sheldon and 00:27.330 --> 00:29.552 here's a look at headlines from married 00:30.040 --> 00:32.262 information gathered from the raid that 00:32.262 --> 00:34.429 killed Abu musab Al Zarqawi is helping 00:34.429 --> 00:36.596 coalition forces take down more of his 00:36.596 --> 00:38.707 terrorist network earlier this week . 00:38.707 --> 00:40.651 Course , they've turned over an al 00:40.651 --> 00:42.929 Qaida leader from the Iraqi government . 00:42.929 --> 00:45.100 According to force Iraq official , the 00:45.100 --> 00:47.267 terrorist leader was involved in death 00:47.267 --> 00:49.850 squads , large scale bomb Royal Baghdad . 00:51.340 --> 00:53.340 In more raids aimed at terrorists , 00:53.340 --> 00:55.562 coalition forces captured two senior al 00:55.562 --> 00:57.700 Qaeda leaders . Last reason his 00:57.700 --> 00:59.811 information led to the capture of one 00:59.811 --> 01:01.867 of the terrorists who's connected to 01:01.867 --> 01:04.200 planning an attack on Point Al Duluiyah . 01:04.640 --> 01:06.529 The other terrorist is an alleged 01:06.529 --> 01:08.751 financial and supply coordinator in the 01:08.751 --> 01:10.973 Missoula area . He suspected things and 01:10.973 --> 01:14.960 ideas as coalition forces and 01:14.960 --> 01:16.904 Iraqi forces continue to hunt down 01:16.904 --> 01:19.120 terrorists running Baghdad . Areas of 01:19.120 --> 01:22.860 insurgent vital passed from soldier . 01:23.540 --> 01:25.570 Army Sergeant Joseph Norton On a 01:25.570 --> 01:27.870 mission with the 4th Division unit into 01:27.870 --> 01:31.310 one of the city's most violent areas at 01:31.310 --> 01:33.366 sunrise . On a warm sunday morning , 01:33.740 --> 01:36.300 soldiers from the second Battalion 56 01:36.300 --> 01:39.460 regimental combat had to outdoor Mahala 01:39.470 --> 01:41.990 in Southern Baghdad . The first stop 01:42.000 --> 01:44.000 for the one First Airborne Division 01:44.000 --> 01:46.056 soldiers attached to the Four IEDs . 01:46.056 --> 01:47.944 Fourth brigade is the Door police 01:47.944 --> 01:49.990 station where they speak with Iraqi 01:49.990 --> 01:52.157 police with help from an interpreter . 01:52.540 --> 01:56.430 After the meeting ends the squad city 01:56.440 --> 01:58.496 where they exit their vehicles . You 01:58.496 --> 02:00.740 can patrol and engage the locals in the 02:00.740 --> 02:02.890 neighborhood were doing recon for 02:02.900 --> 02:05.930 future operations or gather information 02:05.930 --> 02:08.152 against the insurgency or the terrorist 02:08.240 --> 02:10.462 find that you know more than not locals 02:10.462 --> 02:12.629 are willing to give you information if 02:12.629 --> 02:14.684 you get them on a one on one basis . 02:14.684 --> 02:16.573 Take them behind the wall off the 02:16.573 --> 02:18.740 street and put them in their houses or 02:18.740 --> 02:18.250 they feel comfortable . They're more 02:18.250 --> 02:20.306 willing to give you information than 02:20.306 --> 02:22.361 just talking to random people on the 02:22.361 --> 02:24.417 street . These soldiers have been to 02:24.417 --> 02:26.528 the door market on numerous occasions 02:26.528 --> 02:28.472 and have developed an open line of 02:28.472 --> 02:30.361 communication with the vendor who 02:30.361 --> 02:32.472 offers his opinions on the decline of 02:32.472 --> 02:34.306 terrorist activity in the area . 02:41.600 --> 02:43.770 As sergeant first class Thompson talks 02:43.770 --> 02:45.937 with more of these residents . He says 02:45.937 --> 02:47.881 there's a message he wants them to 02:47.881 --> 02:49.937 understand democracy . You know it's 02:49.937 --> 02:52.010 going to take time to build and they 02:52.010 --> 02:54.190 just have to be patient and you know 02:54.190 --> 02:56.357 while we're here we will do everything 02:56.357 --> 02:58.579 in our power to keep the terrorists out 02:58.579 --> 03:00.690 of their neighborhoods and keep their 03:00.690 --> 03:02.912 Children and their family . On this day 03:02.912 --> 03:04.912 Sergeant Thompson and his crew were 03:04.912 --> 03:04.880 able to make the streets of Al Dora 03:04.880 --> 03:07.290 safer by finding and removing an 03:07.290 --> 03:09.560 undetonated improvised explosive device 03:10.040 --> 03:11.707 and detaining three suspected 03:11.707 --> 03:14.040 terrorists in connection with the I . E . 03:14.040 --> 03:16.096 D . Reporting for the fourth Brigade 03:16.096 --> 03:18.318 Fourth Infantry Division Public Affairs 03:18.318 --> 03:20.207 Office . I'm Army Sergeant joseph 03:20.207 --> 03:22.490 Norton . While some soldiers are busy 03:22.490 --> 03:24.601 patrolling the streets for insurgents 03:24.601 --> 03:26.900 are busy repairing army Sergeant erIC 03:26.920 --> 03:28.976 Liddell . This is why U . S . Troops 03:28.976 --> 03:32.900 are to offer Heavy equipment 03:32.900 --> 03:34.956 operators from Charlie Company Bible 03:34.956 --> 03:37.130 5th Engineer Battalion have been busy 03:37.140 --> 03:39.510 during their time in Iraq . We have 03:39.520 --> 03:41.242 done a lot of force protection 03:41.242 --> 03:43.409 improvements , guard towers , concrete 03:43.409 --> 03:45.409 barriers , drainage systems . We've 03:45.409 --> 03:47.790 worked mostly outside the wire since 03:47.790 --> 03:51.740 we've been in country today . The 03:51.740 --> 03:53.907 north Carolina National Guard soldiers 03:53.907 --> 03:56.129 work on their last big project of their 03:56.129 --> 03:59.290 deployment . Mhm an access road 03:59.290 --> 04:01.457 connecting forward operating base site 04:01.457 --> 04:03.623 to the city of Tal afar as we're doing 04:03.623 --> 04:05.679 a service to the community by giving 04:05.679 --> 04:09.560 them a roadway safety travel . Heavy 04:09.560 --> 04:11.727 track vehicles like tanks and Bradleys 04:11.730 --> 04:13.619 have damaged the road over time , 04:13.619 --> 04:15.341 causing it to become bumpy and 04:15.341 --> 04:19.320 difficult to drive on . Engineers are 04:19.320 --> 04:21.330 removing four kilometers of broken 04:21.340 --> 04:24.940 rutted asphalt while creating a 50 ft 04:24.940 --> 04:28.470 wide two lane dirt road . They worked 04:28.470 --> 04:30.320 long hours under some difficult 04:30.320 --> 04:33.720 conditions . Space is very limited , so 04:33.720 --> 04:35.831 and it also gets really , really hard 04:35.831 --> 04:38.830 in their kids If the constant challenge , 04:38.830 --> 04:41.052 keeping their safety insured as well as 04:41.052 --> 04:43.750 our engineers provide their own 04:43.750 --> 04:45.694 security while working outside the 04:45.694 --> 04:47.861 safety and security of the base , they 04:47.861 --> 04:49.972 constantly keep an eye out for anyone 04:49.972 --> 04:52.306 or anything that wishes to do them harm . 04:52.306 --> 04:54.194 Our first and foremost goal is to 04:54.194 --> 04:56.361 protect the soldiers while at the same 04:56.361 --> 04:58.528 time continuing their work and helping 04:58.528 --> 05:00.750 traffic movement . They they've done an 05:00.750 --> 05:04.150 outstanding job too . The constant 05:04.150 --> 05:07.450 dangerous missions . We've had Army 05:07.450 --> 05:10.550 sergeant eric shadowing telafar Iraq . 05:11.240 --> 05:15.160 Okay , after the break coalition forces 05:15.160 --> 05:17.271 hand over more land to the Iraqi Army 05:20.340 --> 05:21.340 what 05:21.340 --> 05:31.960 we 05:31.960 --> 05:35.130 need now the new constitution like the 05:35.140 --> 05:38.750 tip of all people of Iraq come 05:38.750 --> 05:41.040 together and try this constitution and 05:41.040 --> 05:43.860 the constitution will go to the to that 05:43.870 --> 05:45.981 there is something very important for 05:45.981 --> 05:48.860 us and for our freedom 05:50.140 --> 05:51.970 but a country it's not just the 05:51.970 --> 05:53.840 government with people . 06:00.340 --> 06:04.180 I'm very impressed by the work women 06:04.180 --> 06:07.330 here in Iraq . You should be proud of 06:07.330 --> 06:10.160 yourself ordinary time in your lives 06:10.640 --> 06:12.807 when you're my age . Look back at it , 06:12.807 --> 06:15.440 you won't regret . Yeah . 06:16.640 --> 06:18.960 So Mhm . States of America 06:27.640 --> 06:30.020 Iraq the lead in the fight against 06:30.020 --> 06:32.760 terrorism and in the country Research 06:33.150 --> 06:35.372 Hall reports on one of the latest Iraqi 06:36.640 --> 06:38.751 ability , caring and protecting their 06:38.751 --> 06:42.530 fell . You're The Iraqi Army assumed 06:42.530 --> 06:44.660 operational control of more than 600 06:45.240 --> 06:47.600 square kilometres north of Baghdad . In 06:47.600 --> 06:50.260 a ceremony on Can't Haji , The First 06:50.270 --> 06:52.492 Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry 06:52.940 --> 06:55.162 Relinquished responsibility of the area 06:55.162 --> 06:57.273 to the soldiers of the 9th Iraqi Army 06:57.273 --> 06:59.440 Division , the leader of the ninth , A 06:59.440 --> 07:01.496 division said his soldiers are ready 07:01.496 --> 07:04.660 for the job and proud to do it . We are 07:04.660 --> 07:06.827 very proud because we will do our real 07:06.827 --> 07:09.260 job which is protecting the Iraqi says 07:09.940 --> 07:12.540 and making them feel safe . It's very 07:12.540 --> 07:14.651 important to the Iraqi says . And who 07:14.651 --> 07:16.818 knows today that there is a mechanized 07:16.818 --> 07:19.150 division . Taking responsibility and 07:19.150 --> 07:21.280 securing the area in the north of 07:21.280 --> 07:23.900 Baghdad region , Major General J . D 07:23.900 --> 07:25.900 thurman Commander of multi national 07:25.900 --> 07:27.678 division Baghdad and the fourth 07:27.678 --> 07:29.678 infantry division assured his Iraqi 07:29.678 --> 07:31.900 counterpart that he knows they're ready 07:31.900 --> 07:33.733 for the job ahead of him and the 07:33.733 --> 07:35.844 coalition forces will remain by their 07:35.844 --> 07:37.956 side in promoting peace and stability 07:37.956 --> 07:40.122 in Iraq , I have the utmost confidence 07:40.122 --> 07:43.160 in the Lions are brother in here arms . 07:43.340 --> 07:45.930 We are honored to be fighting along 07:45.940 --> 07:49.260 beside them and we defeat this and the 07:49.260 --> 07:53.080 insurgents has threatened the peace 07:53.140 --> 07:56.440 and security inside right . The ninth 07:56.440 --> 07:58.662 Iraqi army division is the second Iraqi 07:58.662 --> 08:00.829 division to take the lead in the MM DD 08:00.829 --> 08:03.360 area of responsibility , Reporting for 08:03.360 --> 08:05.527 the 4th Infantry Division in Baghdad . 08:05.527 --> 08:07.960 I'm Army Sergeant Wendy Hall forward 08:07.960 --> 08:10.182 operating bases back to Iraq takes more 08:10.182 --> 08:12.660 than of authority ceremony . Private 08:12.660 --> 08:15.170 Daniel Turner work goes into moving U . 08:15.170 --> 08:17.450 S . Troops off a base room for Iraq . 08:18.140 --> 08:20.400 The task at hand is to move the entire 08:20.400 --> 08:23.070 204 support battalion from Camp Duke 08:23.080 --> 08:25.730 and the Najaf province for rock , North 08:25.730 --> 08:28.690 sea Takayasu in the Babel province . A 08:28.690 --> 08:30.770 move of this size requires lots of 08:30.770 --> 08:33.500 planning and plenty of hard work . The 08:33.500 --> 08:35.680 entire battalion must be moved , 08:35.690 --> 08:37.800 including vehicles , machinery , 08:37.810 --> 08:41.070 conexes and living quarters . All will 08:41.070 --> 08:43.420 continue to support the entire war 08:43.420 --> 08:46.250 horse brigade To of course italian 08:46.340 --> 08:48.780 operations Officer Captain Daniel 08:48.780 --> 08:51.580 Kruger says their moves volumes for 08:51.580 --> 08:53.136 what the second brigade has 08:53.136 --> 08:55.410 accomplished so far in Iraq , we had a 08:55.420 --> 08:57.531 huge sale and walked in here . It was 08:57.531 --> 08:59.587 all labeled second brigade for horse 09:00.100 --> 09:02.267 and we have cut more than half of that 09:02.267 --> 09:04.378 out right now and transferred back to 09:04.378 --> 09:06.433 the idea . I think it's a good thing 09:06.433 --> 09:08.600 that we're closing this place down and 09:08.600 --> 09:08.480 totally turned this place over to them . 09:08.490 --> 09:10.780 Soldier motivation remains time so far . 09:10.780 --> 09:12.891 We've been very lucky on the road . I 09:12.891 --> 09:14.836 mean it's not just luck . A lot of 09:14.836 --> 09:16.947 planning goes into into our movements 09:16.947 --> 09:18.836 and God will bring everybody home 09:18.836 --> 09:21.058 safely . Captain Krueger says this is a 09:21.058 --> 09:23.224 last step in a series of several large 09:23.224 --> 09:25.391 leaps of the second brigade has made . 09:25.391 --> 09:27.224 This is the second thought to be 09:27.224 --> 09:29.280 transferred over to the Iraqis since 09:29.280 --> 09:31.169 the 2nd Brigade came into Iraq in 09:31.169 --> 09:33.870 December of 2005 . Truck driver 09:33.870 --> 09:36.060 operators . Sergeant Laura Williams 09:36.320 --> 09:38.730 says all our hard work is paying off 09:38.740 --> 09:40.900 and moving is just one step closer to 09:40.910 --> 09:43.021 going home . What we've been training 09:43.021 --> 09:45.132 them so they can sustain their forces 09:45.132 --> 09:47.188 over here so we can just move up and 09:47.188 --> 09:49.188 you're ready to go home . We have a 09:49.188 --> 09:51.410 first of all make sure our personnel is 09:51.410 --> 09:53.466 well rested because to make sure our 09:53.466 --> 09:55.632 vehicles are just back , the lights on 09:55.632 --> 09:57.577 the vehicles work that none of the 09:57.577 --> 09:59.521 tires are buses , but we wanted to 09:59.521 --> 10:01.743 change any , make sure we have mris and 10:01.743 --> 10:03.970 water and our sergeant Williams says a 10:03.970 --> 10:06.026 lot of hard work goes into preparing 10:06.026 --> 10:08.137 for convoys . The soldiers that can't 10:08.137 --> 10:10.610 do know the move to bob Kalsu brings 10:10.610 --> 10:12.530 them closer to their redeployment 10:13.040 --> 10:14.818 Reporting from the 4th Infantry 10:14.818 --> 10:17.340 Divisions and Brigade Combat Team . I'm 10:17.340 --> 10:19.620 private first class Daniel Trump . 10:19.630 --> 10:22.250 Thanks for watching the newscast . That 10:22.250 --> 10:24.361 brings you the stories from the front 10:24.361 --> 10:26.361 lines of the war on Operation Iraqi 10:26.361 --> 10:29.670 Freedom here at F internal Iran the 10:29.670 --> 10:30.670 state . 10:45.040 --> 10:45.360 Okay .