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...were not worried about adhering to any producer’s timetable. Another half hour went by with no shooting from the Iraqi snipers, and then the camera showed a Marine carefully aiming a shoulder-launched missile at the building. Here was the climax of any good show. The rocket roared, and then missed to the left. This was reality...
...Rocket and grenade launchers Danger to low-hovering helicopters...
...Approaching the second bridge, the company was hit by mortar fire and rocket propelled grenades. "My eyes were working overtime," said Talraas, "trying to figure out where the fire was coming from." Then a turquoise dump truck with a bright orange Mercedes symbol on it started heading toward them along the river. Talraas could see more "technicals" moving across the bridge about a thousand meters off to the left. That's when the white van appeared, its red lights flashing. After they were shot at, Talraas' driver, Sergeant Michael Maita, hit the gas and sped back to the southeastern corner...
...sooner had Hughes trained his binoculars on the area than it exploded under the impact of a TOW missile. But Kiowa helicopters had spotted two others behind the ridge, and reported other enemy in the area. Hughes ordered the Kiowa's to attack with their rockets and now called in his own artillery and some close air support from the Air Force. In blinding flashes of artillery and rocket impacts, the Iraq artillery and their crews were destroyed...
...friends stepped forward and said he could help. He was taken to a map where he pointed to a position and said, "They are there now, 20 of them and vehicles." A helicopter was sent to investigate and reported military vehicles camouflaged in a yard. Within minutes artillery and rocket fire rained in on the position, and for hours afterwards ammunition from a cache in the area continued to explode. The man returned to his friends who were now all smiles...