Operation Arrowhead Ripper

Michael Yon is a self-financed journalist of the Iraq war who regularly risks his life to bring news of the war that mainstream journalists making six figure incomes cannot be bothered to provide. In this story he describes his experience of the ongoing large scale military operation dubbed Operation Arrowhead Ripper.

The combat has only just begun, and media has now figured out this is serious business. During the morning brief (June 20th), Major Robbie Parke mentioned that CNN, TIME, Reuters and some others, are trying to get out here now. Problem is space.

...The enemy in Baqubah is as good as any in Iraq, and better than most. That’s saying a lot. But our guys have been systematically trapping them, and have foiled some big traps set for our guys. I don’t want to say much more about that, but our guys are seriously outsmarting them. Big fights are ahead and we will take serious losses probably, but al Qaeda, unless they find a way to escape, are about to be slaughtered. Nobody is dropping leaflets asking them to surrender. Our guys want to kill them, and that’s the plan.

....most local people apparently are happy that al Qaeda is being trapped and killed. Civilians are pointing out IEDs and enemy fighters, so that’s not working so well for al Qaeda.

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But you never hear about this on the mainstream media. Most people are content to condemn the involvement of the US in Iraq, based upon what they hear from the mainstream. Just like most people are content with their beliefs about climate change based upon mainstream media reports. Ignorance can bolster their beliefs so much that they become addicted to it.