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2008-08-19 Iraq

Working the 'Road of Hell' With Iraq's Army

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Posted by Fred 2008-08-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 This reporter shouldn't have quit his day job writing romance novels.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-08-19 08:47|| 2008-08-19 08:47|| Front Page Top

#2 This second story tells the same story much better:

Sunni Stronghold Tests the Iraqi Army's Best

My favorite quotes:
After the blast, a few steps away, Sgt. Muhammed Abdullah, 28,glared at the American soldier seated inside the armored bulldozer, unharmed. Not even his window was cracked.

To Abdullah's left, the windshield of a tan Iraqi army truck was shattered. Abdullah, his forehead bloodied from flying shrapnel, was angry. "Usually the Americans are never injured," he said. "It's the Iraqis who get hurt."
. . .
The Iraqis' approach to bomb-clearing is nothing like the Americans.' "These guys are crazy. They just get an IED and snip the wick," said Capt. Ben Michaels, a burly Texan, referring to an improvised explosive device. "We collect the bombs and put them together and detonate it. These guys just blow them on the spot."

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2008-08-19 12:02|| 2008-08-19 12:02|| Front Page Top

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