Mixon reported strides in Operation Arrowhead Ripper, the major offensive in and around Baquba that began last month: "We have taken Baquba back from the enemy."

据报道米克森在箭头撕裂者行动中进展显著，巴格达一带的主要攻势于上月开始进行：“我们已纪从敌人那夺回的巴格达。”

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U.S. and Iraqi troops have been fighting insurgents in Operation Arrowhead Ripper in and around Baquba, the capital of Diyala -- the eastern province northeast of Baghdad.

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"Al Qaeda cells were driven from Baquba in Diyala due to Operation Arrowhead Ripper in June and July and then pursued in the Diyala River valley during Operation Lighting Hammer in August, " Maj.

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