The Real Story Behind the April 9th Insurgency in Iraq (must-read by a US soldier who was there)

It infuriated me as he kept shooting me. I grabbed my weapon, jumped out, and fired two rounds over their heads; I didn’t want to shoot them - they were just l'il kids.

I refer to the paragraph above this excerpt: the ten-year old was firing three rounds at a time at me. His first round hit the driver's side windshield on the truck - right next to my head. I turned around to grab my gun, and when I did, he shot me two more times in the back; the rounds went through me and into the cab of the truck.
The “little kid” was firing three shot groups – very professional. He had already hit the soldier three and possibly four times. In my mind he forfeited his claim to immunity due to age.
It’s good to see he learned his lesson and returned fire.

If I heal fast enough, I will get sent back over to Iraq. I hope I do get to go back. I left a lot of friends behind. And I lost a couple good friends on the day of the attack.

This is something the average civilian and news reporter will never understand.

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