If it hadn't been for the heli—borne assault footage that allowed  the antique media to have an Apocalypse Now moment as they fondled their Vietnam war template, there wouldn't have been any coverage of Operation Swarmer.  As it is, they've not only covered it in some depth, they've continued their reporting on it this morning. The objective of the combined air—ground assault is to clear a suspected terrorist operating area northeast of Samarra. The pull quote from the initial Multi—National Force Iraq website press release, is its last paragraph: 'Operation Swarmer follows closely the completion of a combined Iraqi—Coalition operation west of Samarra in early March that yielded substantial enemy weapons and equipment caches.' Don't tell the antique media, but joint Iraqi—coalition forces Operations such as Swarmer have been ongoing, executed as part of the US strategy to kill and/or capture terrorists and their cells, especially those...(Read Full Post)