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Bless the Beasts and Children

Jul- 1-2007 » Filed Under: Iraq News

Michael Yon has a rather gruesome dispatch from Baqubah, although he was not with any Stryker soldiers. Excerpt:

On 29 June, American and Iraqi soldiers were again fighting side-by-side as soldiers from Charley Company 1-12 CAV—led by Captain Clayton Combs—and Iraqi soldiers from the 5th IA, closed in on a village on the outskirts of Baqubah. The village had the apparent misfortune of being located near a main road—about 3.5 miles from FOB Warhorse—that al Qaeda liked to bomb. Al Qaeda had taken over the village. As Iraqi and American soldiers moved in, they came under light contact; but the bombs planted in the roads (and maybe in the houses) were the real threat.

The firefight progressed. American missiles were fired. The enemy might have been trying to bait Iraqi and American soldiers into ambush, but it did not work. The village was riddled with bombs, some of them large enough to destroy a tank. One by one, experts destroyed the bombs, leaving small and large craters in the unpaved roads.

The village was abandoned. All the people were gone. But where?


Comments For "Bless the Beasts and Children":

There has been an update to this post that states the number of bodies has risen to 10-14.

One wonders why the MSM (Main Stream Media) is so quick to point out massacres that were supposedly committed by our troups (that are later shown to be fabrications) and yet none, except NRO and Fox News, has reported this atrocity committed by Al-Qaida. Could we say it's a bias against Americans? I think so!

Posted by: Paul5388 [TypeKey Profile Page] | July 5, 2007 11:39 PM

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