approached at a high rate of speed and then conducted activity that in itself was suspicious. There were individuals hanging outside with what looked to be a weapon. It stopped and immediately put itself in...

We’re studying very hard where this technology is coming from and what we can do to combat that technology,

In preparation for potential operations, we’re working to evacuate civilians and non-combatants from Tal Afar,

We will continue this mission for as long as it takes… and leave a sizable and credible force to deter the terrorists,

In law enforcement, there’s a time when you have to disassociate yourself from tragedy because if you can’t, it’ll destroy you, … There’s a point in an investigation where you’re still working on it, but...

It happened again today and it can happen again tomorrow, … We are convinced that we are going to fight our way to the elections.

If you think like the enemy, he said: Where is the center of gravity for the people of Iraq? Where do I focus my effort? Where are my attacks going to have the most significant...

What our soldiers on the scene saw was a car coming forward at a highway speed … (It) looked like cars that we have seen in the past used in suicide bombs, (and) with two...

He still has the capability of recruiting suicide bombers, training them, and giving them munitions,

These spikes of violence are predictable around certain critical events that highlight the progress of democracy, … Remember, democracy equals failure for the insurgency. So there has to be heightened awareness now as we work...

We have reason to believe and evidence to support that the terrorists and foreign fighters are, indeed, using kidnapping as a way to finance their operations.

There are indeed militias, and the Iraqi law wants to integrate those militias into the Iraqi security force or disband those militias. Some of them did that, some of them still have displaced loyalties that...

It is indeed disappointing…

None of those service members were coached as to what to say.

As we speak, operations are ongoing to evacuate civilians from neighborhoods targeted by the insurgents.

Our operations are focused on reestablishing Iraqi control of the border, … We will continue this mission for as long as it takes… and leave a sizable and credible force to deter the terrorists.

We have killed or captured 500 members of the insurgency in Tal Afar. Our intelligence estimates told us that the number of insurgents in that town probably was somewhere between 500 and 600. So if...

We’re convinced we’re going to fight our way to the elections,

The Iraqi government, at the point of crisis, decided to impose certain emergency measures. They relied on the Iraqi security forces to implement those measures.

They’ve shifted their sight group their target to the Iraqi civilians and the Iraqi security force and away from the coalition.

With authority, we can say they came from those countries,

We have a very deliberate process on how we work with those detainees,

We wanted to take advantage of not only our ability to offer lower prices on our name brand products but also to harness the power of the internet which allows people easy online access to...

In Tal Afar, coalition forces and members of the Iraqi security forces are preparing a possible military operation to rid that city of insurgents,

Now is not the time for the Iraqi government to take specific action against the militias. It’s going to be worked over time.

They’re not going to be leaving early as a result of the hurricane,

We’re not seeing civil war igniting in Iraq.

This was the first use of the Iraqi air force,

We’ve got to applaud every day the courage and commitment of the Iraqi people. They’re doing what they’re doing for … Iraq at great risk and great personal sacrifice.

We will continue to work away so we have covered every inch … of Tal Afar, until we’ve killed all the terrorists and foreign fighters there,

Based on intelligence that we recovered over the last 36 hours, an operation was planned and conducted, and those three hostages were rescued. I’m happy to report all three are in good condition.

Right now, actively involved in operations in Tal Afar is the Third Iraqi Army Division, … We now have sufficient assets available, between the coalition forces and Iraqi security forces, to leave behind a robust...

Last year, as we worked through the problem set, that (militias) wasn’t a problem set we focused on.

It’s exciting to me that we’ve reached the point where that much of Iraq is controlled by the people of Iraq.

We’re not seeing civil war ignited in Iraq. We’re seeing a competent, capable Iraqi government using their security forces to calm the storm.

The rats know we are closing in on them,

It’s hard sometimes to sort out who’s killing who. But there’s no doubt there’s a significant Shiite impact on all this.

The terrorists had seen it coming (and prepared) tunnel complexes to be used as escape routes,

This was part of our normal procedures and not as a result of demands from terrorists or criminals. We do not negotiate with terrorists or criminals.

Those pictures were pictures of criminal acts that took place many years ago, rogue soldiers doing activity that wasn’t supported by their chain of command.

The difference is that the Iraqi police mechanized brigade actively patrols Route Irish, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, … It transformed it from the highway of death to one of the most...

What we’ve got to do is look at the individual that was indeed detained and what was he doing, regardless of what his profession is, … That’s a ‘no’.

The absence of an effective national unity government is creating the conditions for the insurgency to do what it wants to do.

There seems to be this basic idea that we attack a city, the insurgents run away and go somewhere else, and I’ve got to tell you, that’s not happening,

It is imperative, in our perspective, that we drive a wedge between the insurgents and the Sunni population of Iraq . And having them actively involved in the political process is a way to drive...

Hopefully, that’s in the near future.

What we are seeing him do now is shift his target from the coalition forces to Iraqi civilians and Iraqi security forces. The enemy is trying to stop the formation of this national unity government;...

They were bound, they were together, there were no kidnappers in the area.

The insurgents are still there, … They still want to derail the democratic process. They still want to discredit the Iraqi government, so operations continue.

have the ability to pick the time and place of their choosing … They have used swarm tactics and conducted a complex attack against civilians and Iraqi police officers.