Bread and a Circus, Part I of II

Before the Battle for Baqubah (Operation Arrowhead Ripper), thousands of refugees had streamed out of Baqubah and the surrounding towns. I've heard Iraqis throw around a number of 17,000 IDPs [Internally Displaced Iraqis], although I have no idea how accurate that is, if at all. Two weeks after the start of Arrowhead Ripper, 3-2 SBCT was tracking just over a thousand IDPs, and since I shared a tent with the soldiers who did most of the counting (C-52), I ... Full Story »

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Karl Lembke
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by Karl Lembke - Oct. 1, 2008

Mr. Yon is very good about distinguishing between what he knows from personal experience, what he knows from trustworthy sources, and what is rumor. He needs to spell out his acronyms and define his jargon a bit better -- not everyone will have read all his dispatches.

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