The deadliest city in Iraq is now not so much. Michael J. Totten has an outstanding piece painting a vivid picture of what once was has now become.
Photo by Michael J. Totten
A handful of Marines and Military Police from the Texas Army National Guard remain in the once war torn city.
After I adjusted my embed to focus specifically on Police Transition Teams, I was nearly surrounded by young men from Texas. Many seemed to instinctively understand Fallujah’s infamous provincial “nationalism.”
“Fallujah pride is like Texas pride,” I heard from several MPs who, unlike Iraqis from Baghdad, didn’t think that was a bad thing.
Go read the entire article, you won’t regret it. Sgt Hook out.
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