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  • Iraq-deployed Marines develop keen eyes for IEDs, suspected insurgents

    06/12/2006 4:39:23 PM PDT · by SandRat · 10 replies · 456+ views
    Marine Corps News ^ | Jun 9, 2006 | Sgt. Roe F. Seigle
    HAQLANIYAH, Iraq (June 9, 2006) -- Marines operating in this insurgent-heavy Euphrates Valley city have developed a knack for locating improvised explosive devices – seemingly the number one weapon of choice of insurgents in Al Anbar province. According to Cpl. Robert Gaye, a squad leader assigned to the Hawaii-based 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, the Marines are also getting a little help from the local populace in finding IEDs before they are able to do harm to innocent civilians or coalition forces. Every day Marines and Iraqi soldiers conduct counter insurgency/security patrols in the volatile streets of Haqlaniyah, a city...