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Nathan Webster Dispatch

Jul- 3-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Webster has published a new dispatch at The Long War Journal. He is currently embedded with the 1-14 INF, 2/25 SBCT. Excerpt:

Sons of Iraq groups in Tarmiyah are succeeding “because they’re starting to assert themselves,” according to US Army Capt. Christopher Loftis, commander of Alpha Company, 1st battalion/14th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division.

Loftis’ unit has manned a Joint Security Station here in Tarmiyah since December, and they’ve seen how its complicated politics works.

Now, because of tips from the Sons of Iraq members, many weapons caches have been discovered and reported throughout the region. In some cases Sons of Iraq members, many of whom are former insurgents, probably revealed their own caches to gain credibility or reward money, US soldiers say, but weapons off the market are a small victory all the same.


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