What was he doing that caused us to believe he was involved in suspicious activities? And then we will continue to work through our process to determine whether he should remain in detention, be released...

You will see, over the next several weeks — we’re not specifying any time — specific military operations to target the insurgency in Tal Afar,

That’s what happened in Baghdad today and that’s what happened in Amman yesterday.

Our soldiers on the scene use an established rule of engagement … In this case, our soldiers took the appropriate action,

What we’re seeing across Iraq is that the police forces are indeed gaining capability and gaining public confidence. They continue to grow in not just quantity, but in quality and capability.

[The typical insurgent] doesn’t have the capability or the courage to take on coalition forces or Iraqi security forces in direct combat, … So in the wee hours of darkness, his people move out and...

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.