Here's another, which includes a number of photos.
[Link to Full Article] By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Saturday, March 13, 2004
HAMAM AL ALIL, Iraq — One town is home to terrorists, the other is full of criminals.
In the middle are the Strykers and soldiers from 2nd Infantry Division’s Company B, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment. It’s their job to keep the peace in one of northern Iraq’s most volatile battlegrounds.
While the leaders of Task Force Olympia and the 3rd Stryker Brigade live in comparative luxury in one of Saddam Hussein’s sprawling palace complexes in Mosul, Company B troops find shelter from rocket attacks and sporadic gunfire in muddy hooches at Firebase Aggie on the edge of Hamam Al Alil.
A typical day involves patrolling the town and two smaller villages on either side of it — Gab Adr (known as Little Fallujah) and Salayia.
2nd ID regiment stays occupied
Here's another, which includes a number of photos.
[Link to Full Article]By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Saturday, March 13, 2004
HAMAM AL ALIL, Iraq — One town is home to terrorists, the other is full of criminals.
In the middle are the Strykers and soldiers from 2nd Infantry Division’s Company B, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment. It’s their job to keep the peace in one of northern Iraq’s most volatile battlegrounds.
