Arrowhead Ripper: Surrender or Die (Michael Yon)

michaelyon-online.com ^ | 22 June 07 | Michael Yon

[neverdem]

Battle for Baqubah

First a quick media round-up. (This is not all-inclusive.)

Alexandra Zavis from Los Angeles Times is down in the heat of the battle bringing home information. Michael Gordon from New York Times is still slugging it out, and his portions are accurate in the co-authored story, “Heavy Fighting as US Troops Squeeze Insurgents in Iraqi City.” (Long title.)

[Uriah_lost]

Bill has some great stuff too, including maps.
http://billroggio.com/

[neverdem]

Thanks for the link. I caught that earlier. Thanks SC.

[AmericaUnited]

Surrender or Die Skip option 1... we're short on panyyhose at Gitmo.

[neverdem]

Bill Roggio's map of the Area of Operations(AO)

I found it easier to scroll over his map by opening it in a new window. Buqubah is in the upper right. In the lower left is a table to understand how the symbols are made to indicate the various types of units, i.e. infantry, armor, cavalry and motorized(Stryker), and how their numerical designations are indicated, e.g. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Motorized).

[neverdem]

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[SandRat]

FR WAR NEWS!

WAR News at Home and Abroad You'll Hear Nowhere Else!

All the News the MSM refuses to use!

Or if they do report it, without the anti-War Agenda Spin!

[saganite]

Good reporting. Looking forward to more posts from Yon.

[Tribune7]

The Iraqi commanders have dozens of large trucks and have only to drive to our base to collect the supplies and distribute those supplies to the people displaced in the battle

They must be from New Orleans.

[neverdem]

LOL!

[Parley Baer]

“Odierno clarified that this battle is to be final: we are not going to do this again.”

Hahaha. Sounds like Patton who did not like to take the same ground twice.

We have some very good soldiers and at least one good reporter on the ground.

[wizr]

Thanks. He’s been there a long time. Michael Yon is a warrior, a tells their situations well.

[RDTF]

Thank God for Yon

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

TANKS a Bunch for that map...

[grimalkin]

"Otherwise, the battle is going very well. A big fight seems to be brewing. As of about noon in Baqubah on the 22nd, there seems to be a lull in the fighting. A calm. This is about to get wet. At the going rate, al Qaeda in Baqubah will soon have two choices: Surrender, or die."

:)

[ArmstedFragg]

Those who want to keep Michael’s stuff coming might want to consider hitting that tip jar.

[neverdem]

Those who want to keep Michael’s stuff coming might want to consider hitting that tip jar.

That's one of the reasons to excerpt Yon, so folks can understand his funding and donate.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[ArmstedFragg]

Excellent!