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That’s when I tuned in to the siege of some anonymous Iraqi outpost outside an irrelevant southern city. I watched three American tanks fire their chain guns into a berm for about an hour, supposedly rooting out an Iraqi tank. But the only thing I could see on TV was flying sand. The phantom tank disposed of, American tanks eventually turned their attention and guns toward the snipers in the building...
...Jimmy was one of those guys. In the army it’s very hard to be liked by both your commanders and your subordinates. Jimmy was able to balance both. He was loved up and down the chain of command,” Wiger said...
Gustin’s statement would seem to indicate that the incident was a murder-suicide, but Taylor-Miller said BPD could not confirm that chain of events...
Iraqi irregulars have tried everything to get at 2nd Brigade soldiers. When two Bradley fighting vehicles got stuck in the mud, dozens of irregulars, armed with a machine gun, tow missiles and a chain-firing cannon, tried to crawl up to them. Another group attempted to paddle across the Euphrates river, shooting RPGs as they approached. Their five boats were blown apart on the water. All of these attacks ended similarly. "It's not a fair fight," says Major Kevin Dunlop. "Trucks with machine guns against tanks and Bradleys can only have one outcome. We are slaughtering them...
...military has long prepared to lay siege to Baghdad instead of plunging directly into the city and engaging in brutal door-to-door urban warfare. Allied commanders say they may cordon off the capital with a loose chain of troops, tanks and armored vehicles. U.S. troops may cut off the supply of water, food, electricity and communications--encouraging civilians to flee the city center and leaving Saddam's soldiers and perhaps even the Iraqi leader holed up. U.S. forces would then attack targets inside the city with air strikes, long-range weapons and surgical commando raids with...