Iraqi Army units conducting stand along Ops..

From Bill Crawford at www.allthingsconservative.com: During Operation Raging Bull, Iraqis of the 7th Army Division operated independently for the first time in an area of Anbar province called the Triad:The Iraqi-led operation, which is part of a larger, on-going, Coalition Forces-led counterinsurgency operation dubbed Operation: Raging Bull, was the first, fully-independent Iraqi Army-led mission in the “Triad” region of Haditha, Haqliniyah, and Barwanah off the Euphrates River in western Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Iraqi soldiers planned, rehearsed, and executed the mission entirely on their own. A Military Transition Team (MTT) – a group of Coalition servicemembers assigned to logistically assist and guide each Iraqi military unit’s transition to independent operations - accompanied the Iraqi soldiers to advise them during the operation. This operation is another example of the continuing progress Iraqi Army units are making toward eventually assuming control of areas of Iraq, independent of Coalition forces. These Iraqis better be good, they were trained by Marines. Here is a photo from the operation: Iraqi soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division, rush into a courtyard to search for weapons and ammunition caches and insurgent activity during a counterinsurgency operation in Khaffajiah, Iraq, March 14, 2006. The Iraqi-led operation, which is part of a larger, on-going, Coalition-led counterinsurgency operation dubbed Operation Raging Bull, was the first, fully-independent Iraqi Army-led mission in the "Triad" region of Haditha, Haqliniyah, and Barwanah off the Euphrates River in western Al Anbar Province, Iraq.