Posted on 07/17/2007 5:53:18 PM PDT by World_Events
After "World News With Charles Gibson" aired exclusive footage of the troop surge in Iraq from British photographer Sean Smith, we received an extraordinary response on this Web site.
The footage provided an unfiltered look at the front lines of the surge.
In one instance, troops are seen watching a Bradley armored vehicle blown up by an improvised explosive device as six American soldiers died inside.
Members of Apache Company were called to help. There was nothing they could do. (Click on the video player in the right hand side of this page to watch the report.)
Apache Company was sent to Iraq in June 2006 for a 12-month rotation, which has since been extended to a 15-month tour. The soldiers are seen speaking openly about the effects of the endless combat and the grueling daily routine.
"We got grenades going off, we've got an IED blowing up your vehicle & and then, you are expected to go back in those four to six, four to five hours & and relax!" said Cpl. Joshua Lake, 2nd Infantry Division. "You just don't have time to do it. Your body never gets to come down. You're always on that heightened sense of alertness."
Until Monday night's report, Lake's mother had not heard her son's voice in a month.
"He's up for hours at a time. He can't sleep because his body is so tense when he comes back, and you know there's no way of laying down," Debbie Lake-McMahon told ABC News. "He said that he lays there and his body just trembles."
We also received hundreds of e-mails from viewers, including one who said the report was "so disturbing that I had nightmares after what I saw."
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I hate to say it, but I would like some proof that the woman was the mother of the driver. The message was a little too convenient.
“Members of Apache Company were called to help.”
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There will be no one to call for help if Democrats plan is implemented. The Democrat’s plan leaves behind non-combat Troops.
That was my first thought, anyone can claim to be anyone on the internet.
Yep, and as Zell Miller said a few years ago, in accordance with the Dimocraps, our soldiers will probably be armed with spitball guns.
I’m the Emperor of Colorado.
This morning on Good Morning America Chris Cuomo showed a portion of this video and credited Michael Yon instead of Smith...
Al-queda is proud abc. They will behead you last.
You can't be. That one is dead. Try another state.
Is Arkansas taken?
LOL
When did they start calling the “A” company “Apache”. I thought it was “Alpha”.
That's odd, they didn't note my email where I told them they were scum sucking bottom feeders for not bothering to show those troops who had a different point of view from Cpl. Joshua Lake.
You're dead, Jim.
just play along. the hit piece is already out there. any opposition will just give them a reason to call you a rightwing warmonger. / sarc
I had the same thought, so I checked. It looks like it's the nick of Alpha company 1/34 Armor. 1st ID.
http://www.riley.army.mil/view/article.asp?id=378-2005-12-08-40668-51
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