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  • US Sentry Saves Troops By Killing Suicide Bomber

    12/09/2003 6:35:45 PM PST · by blam · 101 replies · 623+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 12-10-2003 | Jack Fairweather
    US sentry saves troops by killing suicide bomber By Jack Fairweather (Filed: 10/12/2003) Sixty soldiers were hurt in Iraq attacks yesterday. One man halted a bloodbath, reports Jack Fairweather in Talaafar Hundreds of American soldiers owe their lives to the prompt action of a 23-year-old sentry. In the faint pre-dawn light Specialist James Ross saw a car, its headlights on, accelerate towards his guard tower at the entrance of the Talaafar military base, near Mosul. The vehicle had already cleared the first line of defence, barrelling over a coil of barbed wire 80 yards away and was heading straight down...