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well ,

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eight months ago when they took over

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the province from the brigade that was

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here from , from fort Hood . This

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problem still had a lot of problems

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that had begun to be cleared in the

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Vancouver area , but we still had a lot

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of Al Qaeda in Muqdadiyah that had

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taken over that area during the

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december january and february time

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frame this brigade , The raider brigade

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took a seven battalion task force and

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just cleared that whole area . So now

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when you go into places like canvas or

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Sherwin or muqdadiya , there are people

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in the market , people in the streets

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and eight months ago that town was dead

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completely controlled by Al Qaeda . So

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they've made significant progress here

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with their Iraqi army counterparts ,

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way

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raider brigade led by colonel , they're

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all brigade take on the personality of

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their leaders and they've done that

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with him because he's a very thoughtful

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guy . He understands the people , he

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understands counterinsurgency warfare

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and he understands how to not only uh ,

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let me put it this way , the people who

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were fighting were his worst enemies of

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the people that were trying to build

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the government were his best friends

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and he combined those two trades to not

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only kill or capture the enemies of

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Iraq , but he worked very closely with

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the government of Iraq and as you see ,

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the provinces and the shapes and the

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provincial directors of police to build

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this province back up . You probably

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saw a minute ago they just laid a

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shakes robe around him and I think

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that's an indicator of how strong he

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was felt in the province . Well ,

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similar kind of organization . I know

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second spr a little bit better because

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they're in Germany with us . And in

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fact , it was about two years ago that

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I went to Fort Lewis is the G three of

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europe and told second str that they

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were going to move to Germany . So

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there were different plans for them at

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the time , but they were put on the

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deployment orders . It's a great

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organization , a striker brigade , just

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like the 42 was . They have the same

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kind of train up the same kind of

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mentality and I think it's going to be

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a perfect fit for Diyala province and

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where it is right now . Oh , yeah ,

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absolutely . The second cavalry

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regiment is a very historic

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organization the last time First

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armored division was here in Iraq in

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2003 , 2004 . The second cavalry

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regiment was attached to it then as

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well . So this is Deja vu again for the

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first armored Division having a great

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second cavalry , this time a striker

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regiment underneath our commander .

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Well ,

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unbelievable