It takes a very few number of people in the country to create the kind of damage we are seeing, |
It would not surprise us if there may be an attempt or two by perhaps some rogue groups that may not want to live up to this commitment, ... They may attempt to break this cease-fire. They will find that the coalition forces retain the right, the inherent right, to self-defense, and if they are fired at, they will respond. |
it wouldn't end the violence. |
Like the capture of Saddam [Hussein], it would bring the violence down significantly, but it wouldn't end it until we sort of eliminated his entire terrorist network and all the other terrorists that we know are operating inside this country. |
Maybe there is a communications problem -- that we have not gotten the message out to the leadership; it may be that there is no leadership; or it may be that they have chosen to fight. If it is the latter, that's probably the wrong decision to be making, |
My army has been embarrassed by this. My army has been shamed by this. And on behalf of my army, I apologize for what those soldiers did to your citizens. It was reprehensible, and it was unacceptable, |
Obviously, there are a number of courses of action that we'll take, ... but there will not be a security vacuum in that area at any time. |
Our patience is not eternal, and if we don't start seeing some results of these discussions, some good-faith efforts on the part of the enemy, we are prepared to end the suspension of offensive operations and resume them, |
probably has a significant responsibility for the killing of the Korean hostage. |
Quite simply, we will respond, |
Some areas are being turned over to this organization in a methodical matter. We understand a couple hundred of these prospective battalion members are going through a transfer of authority. |
That soldier said: 'There are some things going on here that I can't live with'. |
The building seemed to be somewhat of a dormitory, |
The casualty figures that we have received from the enemy are somewhere about 10 times that amount, ... About civilian casualties, there is no authoritative figure out there. |
the current strategy that we are implementing is in fact working. |