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Jason Burke joins a squad of US reservists as they hunt for an Iraqi guerrilla leader in the dusty streets of Ramadi The word is passed down the line of men crouching against the wall. They whisper, fearful of waking those in the house that looms above them. 'Fire in the hole,' they mutter one after another. 'Fire in the hole.' There is a pause. It is 6am and Ramadi, a dirty, dusty town 70 miles west of Baghdad, is very quiet. The morning is still relatively cool, though the fierce heat that will scorch the streets within hours can...

National Post correspondent Matthew Fisher is embedded with a unit of U.S. Marines that has raced from the Kuwaiti border to north of Nasiriya, Iraq. - - - After 15 hours of unopposed advance through Iraq, the boys of Bravo Company were wondering how they'd do in a firefight. Now they know. For 45 minutes before dawn yesterday the Marines took on Iraqi forces in one of the fiercest battles of the war, a firefight so intense it ended only after air strikes by waves of British and U.S. warplanes. The company was operating well ahead of the main U.S....

GOTTA SEE THIS - BREAKING - War for Enduring Freedom 7/27/02 - Afghanistan, SSE (Sensitive Site Exploitation) mission, 101st airborne, 'Bravo company', Freedom on the streets, The bird market, Biochemical testing ==AFGHANISTAN: The SSE Mission, Somewhere south of Kabul == South of Kabul, toward the Pakistan border, where Taliban and Al Qaeda hide in the mountains, heroes from the 101st airborne 'Bravo company' on the SSE (Sensitive Site Exploitation) mission. The conditions are fierce, and can lead to dehydration. Justice is coming to the evil Taliban and Al Qaeda. = On the SSE Mission, Somewhere south of Kabul == Even...