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Aug-19-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Also at The Long War Journal is another article by Nathan Webster from his time with the 1-14 INF, 2/25 SBCT. Excerpt:

For the $300 a month the US pays the Sons of Iraq members in the Tarmiyah area, and across Iraq, there does come accountability.

Nightly post-curfew recon patrols by American soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division make sure the Sons of Iraq checkpoints are being manned as they are paid to be.

“It’s their town. They can sit at these checkpoints,” said Staff Sergeant Christopher Wessling, one of Alpha Company’s platoon sergeants. “That’s the one thing they can do.”


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