Ghost Riders???

It seems that no one can get things right anymore. President Bush made a reference about the Strykers during his visit and speech at Fort Lewis, the home of Stryker Brigade earlier this week.

He said, and I quote, "Iraqis have taken to calling the Stryker brigades the Ghost Riders." This comment really got the news media started. One news reporter said, "Doesn't sound very Islamic to me." Another commented, "Sounds like a reference to the song 'Ghost Riders of the Sky'."

Well folks, maybe the Iraqi's didn't nickname the brigade but one particular woman in Samarra back in December started the wheels turning. Here is the exact comment made back in December by an Iraqi woman in Samarra after a raid in a neighborhood there. This comment was recorded in a letter sent home from an officer present at the time the woman was questioned.
"A woman from Samarra said it best when she spoke to one of our linguists and said "You are like ghosts. We never know when or where you will strike next. You are everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Thank you for taking away the evil men who caused trouble." I think that pretty much says it all."
Yes - pretty much says it all. That comment ended up becoming the nickname. They are known as the Ghost Soldiers or Ghost Riders and you can take it to the bank that they always will be. Silent and deadly - Ghosts own the night.