Insurgents take a mild beatdown
The Things they (Paratroopers) Carry...

And So it begins...

Update:  Thanks to Karl for the alert, here is the video of the fight:

The fight for Haifa Street.  Prayers and support needed...

From the fight on Haifa Street on the 24th.:

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Sgt. Sean Milligan, a native of Redding, Calif., with 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Stryker Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, fires on insurgent forces as the dust settles in a building on Baghdad’s Haifa Street during combat operations Jan. 24.  Photo by CPL Shea Butler.

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Spc. Christopher Rhoades, a native of Copperas Cove, Texas, with 1st battalion 23 Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Stryker Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, has an anti-Iraq force in his sight and prepares for a shot on Hiafa street Jan. 24. Photo by CPL Shea Butler.

Good hunting, Strykers.

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