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We knew that the fighting would get harder the further north we went and we are seeing that to be the case.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The key is the cumulative effect over time of the damage we have done to them on the battlefield combined with reduced (foreign fighter) flow, so they have to increasingly use younger fighters, conscripts, and security/governance personnel to field their force.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We believe the foreign fighter flow was 2,000 at one point and is now down to a quarter or less of that.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
By definition, ‘ we ’ll figure it out if we ever capture anyone ’ is not a comprehensive policy.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I'm not going to tell you you're wrong, but I'm also not going to telegraph our punches.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are continuing to improve our fighting position, so to speak, to ensure that we've got the best ability to protect ourselves.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We're in a dangerous place, and there's a war going on. So, we have to expect that there will be attacks.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
This is the first time we've established a spot that's only American.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
You know, moving from the north, from the south, then moving really from the east, we're beginning to build the box around that enemy stronghold. And eventually, we'll begin to dismantle it.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
We've seen some of the leaders move their families, we believe, into Tal Afar as we've placed increased pressure on Mosul.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
If we have to go back and talk to them, we’ll go back and talk to them.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
As we take people off the battlefield we’re just going to have to make the decisions as we go.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
This is not a catch-and-release program, if we have to go back and talk to them, we’ll go back and talk to them.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
(It) may not knock you out today but over time begins to weaken your knees and cause you to not be able to function the way you'd like to.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There were no Coalition airstrikes in or near Aleppo on Wednesday, February 10. Any claim that the coalition had aircraft in the area is a fabrication.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
The Iraqis have put those to good use, we look forward to this additional capability along with the additional trained pilots.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In addition to chipping away at their so-called caliphate, killing their leaders, we're also hitting them in the pocketbook.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We assess this operation has reduced their revenue by about 30 percent.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There were no Shia militias involved in this operation for Ramadi.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Essentially, they encircle the city, almost like a boa constrictor, and they will then squeeze in closer and closer into that city until eventually they are able to finally clear it, as we saw in Ramadi.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
The fight for Fallujah is ongoing. Right now the Iraqi Security Forces are approaching Fallujah from three directions, essentially, they encircle the city, almost like a boa constrictor, and they will then squeeze in closer and closer into that city until eventually they are able to finally clear it, as we saw in Ramadi.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Now that he's dead, ISIL has lost a key link between their networks.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
We will continue to hunt ISIL leaders who are working to recruit, plan and inspire attacks against the United States of America and our allies.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Isil tries to build a variety of improvised or homemade weapons but their effectiveness is limited against our technology.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It was a dynamic strike. It was a troops-in-contact situation.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Killing him and his predecessors exhausts the knowledge and talent needed to coordinate funding within the organization.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
He was one of the most senior and experienced members of ISIL's financial network, and he was a legacy al Qaeda member.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
We'd like to see them move as rapidly as possible, we believe now is the time for the final push into Ramadi.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Our strikes were approximately 55 kilometers (35 miles) southeast of Ayyash. We did not strike any vehicles or personnel targets. We have no indication any Syrian soldiers were near our strikes.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There are plenty of rat lines and back roads and smuggling routes, but... there's much less civilian traffic on those routes so they're easier for us to monitor and strike and they're more difficult for Daesh to use.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This is sloppy military work, this is the reckless and irresponsible, imprecise and frankly uncaring approach to operations in Syria that the Russians have taken on.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's still a little early, but we are reasonably certain that we killed the target that we intended to kill, which is Jihadi John.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
They've done hundreds of airstrikes at this point. I'm not putting out the count anymore, but they conduct airstrikes, but only a fraction of them have been against (ISIS) targets, and when I say fraction, I'm talking ... 10%.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
While this is not a large tactical action, we believe the operation demonstrates the viability of our program to provide support to these forces.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We have seen that. We believe that the success is 200-plus kilometers of ground that the Syrian Arab Coalition has managed to take, to some extent, validates this program, it's not a complete validation - I want to be clear about that. But we're encouraged by what we see and ... we intend to reinforce success.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I find these air strikes to be reckless and indiscriminate.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We've seen instances where ... one of our UAVs will sort of come nearby and the Russian will break his pattern and come over and take a close look at the drone, or the UAV.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We are beginning to isolate Ramadi from multiple directions.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
There are challenges, this is a very difficult operation to undertake. We have to identify Syrians who want to enter this program, we have to vet them, which is a difficult process.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
As of now, none have completed training, we are certainly below our expectation on throughput.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The training will take as long as it takes based on the skill level that we see out of the trainees, we're going to ... continue the training until we get to a point where we believe that they're ready to rejoin the battlefield.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There's another difficulty, which is exfiltrating these individuals out of Syria. ... Syria is a very complex, very dangerous place, multiple armed sides battling each other. So the exfiltration process is also a significant challenge.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Our air power we believe has been effective, you've seen strikes in and around the Baiji oil refinery and Baiji virtually every day.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This was a methodical and often times grinding movement from the south to the north, it took the friendly forces several weeks to be able to break through.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
In Baiji (town), the progress is more notable, friendly forces have begun moving into the town ... and are methodically beginning to root out the enemy.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
No personnel have shown any signs of possible exposure. The sample was destroyed in accordance with appropriate protocols.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The DOD lab was working as part of a DOD effort to develop a field-based test to identify biological threats in the environment, out of an abundance of caution, DOD has stopped the shipment of this material from its labs pending completion of the investigation.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think ‘cut and run’ is kind of a mischaracterization, in this case it appears that ISIL forces simply had the upper hand.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Essentially what we have right now is truly a missing helicopter. We simply don't know its location.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The UH-1 had launched to deliver tarps and rice, because of the terrain (it) had not been in contact for approximately two hours. No emergency beacon has been detected at this time.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
They've asked if we would accompany their flagged vessels through the strait.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It has certainly created a situation where maritime cargo vessels presumably would have to consider the risks of traversing the strait.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
At first appearance it does seem to be provocative behavior, but again we don't have all the facts yet.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I think it's fair to say that this appears to be a de-escalation some of the tensions that were being discussed earlier in the week.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
What I can tell you is that ships can change directions at anytime so I don't want to characterize exactly what they are doing.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's difficult to predict the future so what we need to have are options, we have to preserve and to create options for ourselves should the deteriorating security situation get to a point that ... maritime security is threatened.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Many have asked me whether or not they (the U.S. warships) are there because of the Iranian ship convoy or flotilla that is also in the area, that is certainly one of the factors. That is not the reason they are there.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We do not normally telegraph future operations, so I will not comment on that. He also mentioned that we were providing ISR over Tikrit. I am prepared to confirm that.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The addition of this battalion is part of an Army-wide reorganization that will raise the number of MLRS (multiple-launch rocket system) battalions in all field artillery brigades from two to three.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The removal of this senior Lord's Resistance Army leader from the battlefield is an example of the impact the AURTF has had in the fight to end the scourge of the LRA.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We are certainly looking at our systems and will refine them as needed.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
In order for us to do that we would have to release to you the exact number of tanks we believe the enemy has, the exact number of Humvees we believe the enemy has, we don't want our enemy to know how much we know about them.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We’re confident the Air Force will do everything it needs to do to fulfill its Title 10 requirements.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The fire has been completely ineffective ... The Iraqi security forces there have done a very good job of creating a security zone. American forces ... have sustained absolutely no injuries, wounds or even a close attack.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We don't expect either of those to be up and running for several more weeks.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
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