Hi all; US loses brave officer in Karbala:
IRAQI DESTINY
CentCom, October 23, 2003
Lt. Col. Kim S. Orlando stepped out of his armored humvee and walked down a dingy, lamp lit street toward a small group of riflewielding criminals standing at the corner of an alley.
Flanked by a security detail, Orlando approached them intending to talk, hoping to find a diplomatic means to disarm them. He spoke the greeting known across the Muslim world, “As-Salaam Alaikum.” Peace be upon you.
A man carrying an AK-47 emerged from the group and gestured to the MPs to lay down their arms. But Orlando did not come to surrender. [Bilow: I guess the Iraqis didn't come to surrender either.] After a moment of irreversible tension, the man aimed his rifle at Orlando.
The firefight that followed left Orlando and two other military policemen dead, and three others wounded. They were there that night as part of joint operations with the Iraqi police forces they trained and mentored. In subsequent operations with the 1st Armored Division and the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, the MPs cleared that section of Karbala, captured more than 30 detainees, and effectively drove any enemy that remained from that group into hiding.
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-- Carl
P.S. I'm guessing that to make bird, you have to exhibit more brains, less bravery. |
