Monday, June 06, 2005

Iraqis want Democracy

This is the kind of courage and faith in freedom that Micahel Moore will never understand (via Jawa Report):

Tips from local residents helped Iraqi security forces rescue a kidnapping victim, seize weapons and uncover a weapons cache June 5, Multinational Force Iraq officials in Baghdad reported today.
Iraqi police from the Shaab Police Station responded to a tip and launched a raid on a local residence, where they found a kidnapping victim unharmed inside, officials said.

Four suspects were taken into custody for questioning, officials said.

In other anti-insurgent activity, an Iraqi citizen who witnessed two sacks of ammunition and weapons being dropped in a field turned the contents over to soldiers at Camp Justice.

Officials said the citizen saw a white Toyota pickup truck drop the sacks and investigated the contents. Inside the bags were 37 Iraqi hand grenades, 101 Bulgarian grenade fuses, two Spanish artillery fuses, two French 130 mm artillery proximity fuses and one heavy machine gun, officials said.

The resident transported the cache to Camp Justice and turned it over to soldiers at the gate, officials said.

Also in Iraq, soldiers with the 1st Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, acted on a tip from a civilian and uncovered a weapons cache consisting of 20 122mm rockets.

No injuries or damages were reported during the incidents.


That takes guts and a selflessness that seems to evade liberals and their help-the-few-at-the-expense-of-the-many mentality. Speaking against the terrorists could cost that family their lives, but they are sacrificing for the sake of their fledgling Democracy, and God bless them for it.

And notice it's the Iraqi forces doing more and more of the grunt work. With every mission accomplished and successful arrest the Iraqi security forces gain the confidence and experience to eventually work without our military's presence.