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Originally posted by charleskieffner
since the stryker brigade has been recalled to duty. there hitch was up end of july, and now they have 4 more months due to their uncanny ability to quell unrest in mosul, and now have been transferred to bagdad. REASON........they are the baddest of the BAD when it comes to GI's trained in the fine art of STREETFIGHTING a la stalingrad leningrad etc.
my friends son has now in a year gone from pfc. to sargent. has had now (3) guys including his sargent hit in head/neck by snipers with ak's from rooftops on his stryker mobile. since they entered bagdad despite media crap things have quieted down quite abit. these guys are bad asses and the populace knows they better bahave and play well with others. the risk of civil war is going away because of these guys no nonsense we aint taking your crap and we will hunt you down attitude!
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Approximately 1800 Iraqis were killed in Baghdad in July -- the highest number ever,
AFAIK. I wonder on what planet that represents "quieting down a bit?" Maybe just more "last throes."