Video: Lt Gen Odierno discusses Iran
and weapons recently discovered in Iraq 
Bryan Preston

EFPs–explosively formed projectiles–are a form of lethal IED that has been used with increasing frequency in Iraq over the past 18 months or so. They have killed an estimated 170 US personnel. Their construction and design point to Iranian involvment with the insurgents in Iraq. In an interview from Baghdad with Fox & Friends, Lt Gen Raymond Odierno talks about the recent discovery of weapons caches, including EFP components, and discusses the success of the force surge so far.

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Surge Good
Jules Crittenden

Gateway with another view from inside:

Operation enforce the law is so far going better than expected and appears to continue this way. I spoke to my father in Baghdad, he said that the street is very impressed by the operation and receiving much cooperation from the people. They have done in four days what we thought would take them over a month.   

Shiites love the Americans and want them stay to help the Iraqi security stand on its feet he said. 

He also told me the street knows that Iran is no great friend of Iraq. Reading the PM, Al-Maliki, order the soldiers to respect the rights of the individual is still amazing to me. What large difference from just four short years ago!

… The support of the average citizen in Baghdad for this operation is nothing short of remarkable. Of course, this only comes if the citizens feel safe tipping off the Iraqi security forces. This also shows that the terrorists are loosing much of their support base in Iraq.

Regards,
Haider Ajina

Also Gateway also includes Haider’s translation of an article from the Iraqi press: ...