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Iraqi soldiers and Sons of Iraq secure market in Tarmiyah as ...Posted on Jul. 9, 2008 at 3:14 AM - Post Comment
Nathan Webster is an independent journalist who embedded with the US Army in Tarmiyah in Salahadin province, Iraq. Nathan is providing reports from Tarmiyah for The Long War Journal. In 2007, when al Qaeda controlled this area 25 miles north of Baghdad, this same field was used for executions by beheading as shariah law was enforced. American soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, actually enjoy their rotations at this checkpoint in downtown Tarmiyah. This is like our R&R,” one soldier said. Manning guard positions, generally on a four-hours-on, eight-off rotation, it’s a chance for them to catch up on lots of sleep. The Americans do not man traffic-control positions. The Americans do conduct nightly patrols down the market street, still lit after curfew, or along the dark north and south streets, where sounds from the marshes of the Tigris River are a noisy backdrop. The Americans at Joint Security Station Tarmiyah are alr...
Originally from: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/07/iraqi_soldiers_and_s.php |
