This article is the cover story of The American Spectator's new, November 2007 issue.
Six weeks ago in the Iraqi city of Samarra, four paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division became the object of a pre-planned, coordinated effort by dozens of al Qaeda to kidnap and slaughter American soldiers only days before General Petraeus's internationally televised testimony to the U.S. Congress on the state of the war in Iraq. Only two survived -- but, fighting like heroes, they succeeded in preserving the honor of their nation.
This is their story.
Please click and go read -- "The Longest Morning": A Tale of Heroism, Courage, and Loss in the Face of Impossible Odds.
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