The toughest campaign of the Iraq war started a few days ago and Michael Yon is reporting from the front…deep in the mix as usual:
Our guys are tough. The enemy in Baqubah is as good as any in Iraq, and better than most. That’s saying a lot. But our guys have been systematically trapping them, and have foiled some big traps set for our guys. I don’t want to say much more about that, but our guys are seriously outsmarting them. Big fights are ahead and we will take serious losses probably, but al Qaeda, unless they find a way to escape, are about to be slaughtered. Nobody is dropping leaflets asking them to surrender. Our guys want to kill them, and that’s the plan.
A positive indicator on the 19th and the 20th is that most local people apparently are happy that al Qaeda is being trapped and killed. Civilians are pointing out IEDs and enemy fighters, so that’s not working so well for al Qaeda. Clearly, I cannot do a census, but that says something about the locals.
Please go drop him a few bucks at his website. He does not get paid by anyone other then his readers so I’m sure anything would be appreciated. He does a great job of showing the true spirit of our fighting men and women.
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Thanks for the reminder. I still have the email, and I look forward to reading it. I have to my butt in gear. I have mail from the DOD I still have to post as well.
OT: I tried to Digg this article, but it wanted me publish it as my story. Have you submitted it yet? I don’t submit other people’s work. Ya know? 🙂
Our boys are kicking some serious arse — and I just read off the line that they killed 60 in Afghanistan.
Sorry slimeball terrorists, when you come face to face with us as men should, YOU WILL LOSE. Allah is not with you — you are alone, and you will die alone.