Iraq's Death Valley

Sep 2007
When the US surge began, most insurgents fled Baghdad for Diyala. Now, the Americans are taking the fight to Diyala. We join them as they begin a major security operation. "We're gonna kill the people that need to be killed and be frickin' decent to the rest of them", states Sgt Maj Edgar. "There's no in between". The plan is simple. Airborne troops go in at midnight, followed by a heavily armed convoy. But the roads are littered with IEDs and progress is painfully slow. It takes 15 hours to travel 30 km. The soldiers arrive exhausted but there's no time for rest. "We know the insurgents are here". They search every house, checking residents against a blacklist of known insurgents. Then, they mark villagers' hands with their house number. "He cannot wash it off and needs to stay around this house for the next 24 hours", order one soldier. "If he goes to a different part of the neighbourhood, I'll arrest him". The 50°c heat is taking its toll on the soldiers. One starts throwing up from heat exhaustion and two others are given a drip of saline solution. "The heat's pretty crazy. Sometimes you just can't drink enough". All the men have had their tours of duty extended by at least three months. They're exhausted and being stretched to their limits.

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[disinformatique]

go home boys, why sacrifice your life for corporation who don't give a shit to you or to your honor. you are not fighting for your country, rather for the oil corporations. this was never your war.

[wehrmacht95]

jesus i hate comments like ''hey i was in the us army'' ''im a retired us army vet'' its like grow up motherfuckers you have never fired a gun the only rank you get is on call of duty the only things you ever have been is a keyboard warrior nothing else

[barten1611]

Either u kill them or U treat them with dignity and respect!! 2:00

hmmmm

[MissMaryam78]

Keeep in mind:

Al-CIAda!!

Osama Bin Laden aka Tim Osman is an former CIA Agent!!

You must REALLY have your heads deeply up in your arses if you STILL think 9/11 was a Muslim Job!!

9/11 WAS A JEW JOB!!

DO YOUR RESEARCH!!

Who OWNS the FED??

Who sank the Titanic in 1912 to privatize the FED in 1913??

Who attacked the USS Liberty??

ONE OF THE MOST WANTED MAN = Mass Murderer German Jew HENRY KISSINGER (Jesuit/crypto-JEWISH CFR/Council on Foreign Relations = Club oF Rome & the Committee of 300)

[MissMaryam78]

GO HOME, AMERICANS!!

WE DON'T NEED YOUR FU**ING HELP!!

NOT IN GERMANY, NOT IN THE MIDDLE EAST, NOT IN OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES!!

WE EVEN CAN BUILD OUR INFRASTRUCTURES OURSELVES YOU HAVE DESTROYED!!

JUST FU** OFF!!

YOU ONLY BROUGHT MISERY TO OUR HOMELANDS IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, VIETNAM, PAKISTAN, IRAN, GERMANY, ETC. FOR CENTURIES!!

HOW CAN YOU STILL TRUST YOUR CORPORATE LEADERS WHO DESTRUCT AND RECONSTRUCT THE WORLD BY ENSLAVING US ALL THROUGH DEBT AND LIES!?

WAKE UP NOW & GO HOME!!

[jeffman1900]

i dont agree with this war but its life or death if ur over there so KILL EM ALL!!!!!

[ZeroElementZero]

@disinformatique Shut up.

[alwayssmile4u66]

I was in Fallujah in '04 after the Blackwater killings. It was the wild wild west! Anything on the street was a target. We kept the dogs of Fallujah well fed!

[osemoboable]

I am so confuse here i dont know what to say,ok is this civilization or does this concern devil or god am stunned.

[MrIrishBilly]

Iraq had an enormous army that ruled the country with an Iron fist,

It might have made monitory sense to disband them at the time but it sure seems like a mistake now. Who's call was that I wonder ?

[atiger2168]

get the fuck out of there!!

[cyberschafer5]

@Vetwolf13 shutup u loser why dont u go over there and see hows its like!!!!!