TALL KAYF, Iraq--While Mosul commonly smells of rubbish or burning trash, the smell of fresh-baked bread wafts through the air of this small community.
The tactical unit of the 4th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Alpha Troop visits this town several times a week to meet with the police chief. The smell of baking bread isn't the only comfort Capt. Matt Eberhart and his soldiers find in an area that has given them and Iraqi forces little resistance.
Tall Kayf is on the edge of Kurdish territory. The ethnic group is predominantly supportive of coalition and Iraqi forces and the insurgency isn't as strong here.
While Eberhart received an intelligence briefing Sunday from Iraqi police, soldiers from his troop wandered the neighborhood. A horde of children followed the soldiers as they handed out small stuffed animals. The crowd walked down a recently paved thoroughfare that Sgt. Frank Colleado said a week ago was just a large mud pit. [...]
Meet and greet in Iraq
Link to Full ArticleBy MARGARET FRIEDENAUER, News-Miner
TALL KAYF, Iraq--While Mosul commonly smells of rubbish or burning trash, the smell of fresh-baked bread wafts through the air of this small community.
The tactical unit of the 4th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Alpha Troop visits this town several times a week to meet with the police chief. The smell of baking bread isn't the only comfort Capt. Matt Eberhart and his soldiers find in an area that has given them and Iraqi forces little resistance.
