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J.M. Simpson Dispatch

Sep-10-2007 » Filed Under: 4/2 SBCT

Simpson has published a new dispatch with the 1-38 INF, 4/2 SBCT. Excerpt:

1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment is currently attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division at FOB (Forward Operating Base) Warhorse, which is about 60 miles north and east of Baghdad.

The FOB sits near the Tigris River, which divides the city of Baqubah. Its population is about 200,000. Shias comprise 15 percent of the population; Sunnis comprise 83 percent of the population; Kurds and “others” comprise the final 2 percent.

The battalion’s area of operations is the western half of the city. In the month that it has been here, the battalion has made significant progress in the area.


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