And the latest troops from the 82d to arrive there.
“We’re down on the street with the population,” not riding around in Bradleys and tanks, he said.
A half-hour later, soldiers were cruising a swatch of villages running along the Nahr Al-Karmah River, starting with the main village of Qaryat Albu Awadah.
As he scanned the horizon for shooters, Sgt. Scott Palmer was in awe of the greenery along the river, a setting he called “biblical.”
Beautiful, yes. Dangerous? You bet.
“This is no place for a pacifist to be,” he muttered while keeping his M-4 on the lush tree line.
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