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MilBlogger In Iraq Describes Urban Combat

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Must read alert. If on the off-chance that you have missed this:

MilBlogger American Soldier has two posts about combat in Iraq. Granted, it's an Army perspective rather than Marine, but our two combat forces basically use the same procedures for clearing buildings/rooms/mosques...

Dream/Reality/Story Part 1

Dream/Reality/Story Part 2

And his opinion of the media (strong language alert).

November 18, 2004 • Permalink
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Posted by: Lee Herrera | November 18, 2004 at 08:10 PM

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