Tal Afar house raid turns into five-hour showdown-Soldiers unleash ‘everything we had’ on lone sn

Stars & Stripes ^ | 4/19/6 | Monte Morin

[SmithL]

From left: Spc. Jason Fonseca, 25, of New York, N.Y.;
Staff Sgt. Jeff Anderson, 24, of Montgomery, Ala.;
Sgt. Mikeal Auton, 23, of Lenoir, N.C.; and
Pfc. Victor Flores, 21, of Phoenix, Ariz.,
sit at Combat Outpost Burma shortly after tangling with
an insurgent in northeast Tal Afar on Monday.

[MplsSteve]

Un-freaking-believable!

I'm glad this a-hole is dead. I'd hate to have him still on the move in Iraq.

[SquirrelKing]

Brave men.

[Prokopton]

GUTS!

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Those guys deserve a week on a beach somewhere on the Med.

[SquirrelKing]

...but now his cell phone was ringing.

"Hi, this is Keith with Alltel, would you be interested in upgrading to a Motorola V505 camera phone for just $29.95?"

[stinkerpot65]

This is the Nigerian Minister of Finance. I am awaiting your deposit.

[Americanwolf]

Outstanding

[spectre]

Good on them.

That "insurgent" was one tough hombre.

[U S Army EOD]

But I was told that EOD was a non combat unit when I volunteered for it.

[Sundog]

Thanks.

It is easy to lose sight of how tough soldiers are.

[Frank_2001]

I agree, incredible story! Hopefully he'll have 72 virgins nagging him, "I just had that couch REUPHOLSTERED!!!!!";)

[Southack]

I want to know who called him.

[My Favorite Headache]

Great story! Jeeeeeeeeesus!

[ikka]

Notice how little damage the 5.56mm guns were good for. An M14 with 7.62 ammo would have had a far better chance of ending it sooner.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Gos Bless you every one of you !

[originalbuckeye]

God bless and protect our men and women in uniform. Those who do the heavy lifting in our continued support for freedom for all.

[maine-iac7]

I suspicion that he was hyped up on dope - the terrorists that were responsible for the horrific massacre of the school children in Beslan - autopsies revealed every one of them were hard core drug addicts.

That's how the maniacs get these people to blow themselves up

[maine-iac7]

Hopefully he'll have 72 virgins nagging him

ad if there's any justice, they'll all look like Helen Thomas

[claudiustg]

5 gallons of gasoline and a wp grenade and your roach problems are a thing of the past.