Heroes In The Iraqi Army

Resilient Sunni Stronghold Tests the Iraqi
Army's Best -- Washington Post

SOUTH BUHRIZ, Iraq -- Two Iraqi soldiers stumbled out of the thick, black smoke, their faces bathed in blood that glistened in the sun. They clutched their heads, mumbling "Hamdullah" -- "Thanks to God." They had survived the explosion. A third Iraqi soldier was being carried on an olive-green stretcher. He was unconscious, curled like a baby.

From the haze, Capt. Adil Muhammed also appeared, holding his long yellow bomb detector. He had just swept this section of road. But then an American armored bulldozer had rolled over the patch, detonating the deeply buried bomb. As the smell of explosives wafted across the scene on a recent Saturday, American and Iraqi soldiers shouted to others to fall back, fearing a second blast. Muhammed stared, struggling for an explanation.

"I dug here, and I found nothing," he said aloud, to no one in particular.

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My Comment: If there were 100,000 of these men, American soldiers would have returned home a long time ago. In Iraq (decades from now) there will be profiles and TV shows on these men.