Good piece by Bill Ardolino
"[The local elders had the] same reaction they've had the other four times we've killed guys - they do their best 'disbelief' impression,"
And their buddy is doing is best 'Osama' impression.
One of the insurgents killed on Aug. 20 turned out to be a popular local mullah from another village a few kilometers up the road. All three dead insurgents are suspected to have been part of the same roadside bomb cell. The Americans had closed the blind spot in their reconnaissance assets. |