The Liberation of Karmah, Part I

Middle East Journal ^ | March 24, 2008 | Michael J. Totten

[moderatewolverine]

KARMAH, IRAQ – Just beyond the outskirts of Fallujah lies the terror-wracked city of Karmah. While you may not have heard of this small city of 35,000 people, American soldiers and Marines who served in Anbar Province know it as a terrifying place of oppression, death, and destruction. “It was much worse than Fallujah” said more than a dozen Marines who were themselves based in Fallujah.

“Karmah was so important to the insurgency because we've got Baghdad right there,” Lieutenant Andrew Macak told me. “This is part of the periphery of Baghdad. At the same time, it is part of the periphery of Fallujah.”

[moderatewolverine]

Thank god for journalists like Michael Totten and Michael Yon.

[yldstrk]

Fantastic report. And the honorable Mrs Clinton and Mr Obama want to pull out our troops and leave the people to the slaughter. Nauseating.

[neverdem]

BTTT!