Capturing any member of any terrorist cell or any insurgent cell that we may happen to come across is always very, very valuable, and the thing that interests me is that in most instances after a time people talk and they tell us what they know.
John AbizaidWell, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11 is protect everything all the time.
John AbizaidWe'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone.
John AbizaidBut as we move from this period of what many Iraqis regard as perceived occupation, we need to move towards one of partnership.
John Abizaid