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today , our Freedom General Iraq U . S .

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Marines maintaining sharpened edges .

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They protect Baghdad's international

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zone and it's back on patrol as we

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bring you the story of one unit

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reacting to his first bout with snipers .

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Next

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welcome

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to this edition of Freedom General Iraq

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and marine corporal mike browning and

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here's a look at events shaping the

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region . U . S . Ambassadors who

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arrives , I'll make a limb . Azad held

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a town hall meeting at the US Embassy

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in Baghdad on sunday and outlined his

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goal to assist the people and

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government of Iraq . Ambassador

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Khalilzad explained how the coalition

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and Iraqis can work together more

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effectively and describes the

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challenges that lay ahead for his

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mission in Iraq . We should make it our

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objective to make a quantum positive

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change in the situation . I believe

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that we can dramatically improve the

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situation in Iraq and less than a year

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I've come to Baghdad with the outline

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of a plan to do so . The ambassador

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underlined the importance of defeating

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the insurgency which will lessen the

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burden on the military and allow

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political and economic agendas to

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flourish on saturday . Ambassador

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Khalilzad met with Iraqi President

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Jalal Talabani to discuss future plans

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and set forth new agendas to further

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the growth of the country . Too much

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training is a phrase just not heard

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around the Marine corps and when you're

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the last line of defense protecting the

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U . S . Embassy in Baghdad every minute

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used to fine tune the skills they need

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comes in handy . Specialist Daniel

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Sullivan's all last week is how

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seriously those marines take their

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training dangers are all over a rock

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and they come in many forms and shapes ,

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luckily for the residents of Baghdad's

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international zone . The anti terrorism

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battalion is on guard every day . These

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marines are on duty , keeping the

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checkpoint safe . They increase the

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readiness by performing high speed

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training exercises , react drills and

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procedures and martial arts training .

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There's 2000 people there , marines and

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people that want to be marine hacking

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or you don't have special training in

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the event that the checkpoints are

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attacked . It's called react . The idea

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is to get to the checkpoint . You need

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within minutes react drills come up

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about twice a week . But according to

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Lance corporal Garrett Sanders , the

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drills are worth it . Uh good planning

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is supposed to do . You don't do enough

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times , You know , might not be right

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the next time the marines never know

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when to react drill will occur . So

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when it happens things can get hectic ,

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your heart starts pounding , starts

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playing , it's pretty fast somewhere

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else . It pays to be quick is in their

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hand to hand combat training where they

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go over mixed martial arts , ground

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fighting in joint manipulation and

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there's more of a total body . A total

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person has just thrown around , thrown

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down , kick his butt and then it's done ,

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It goes down that those , those are

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inter strength also and friendly

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grappling match sergeant . Hand away a

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cage fighter back in the States just on

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the student Todd was the state champion

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wrestlers . I'd like to learn a really

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good teacher so go out there and learn

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some things regardless for when you

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lose . But if you ask the marines

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sometimes it's not about win or lose ,

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it's life or death . And for that

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reason they have the room cleaning

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procedures . They started on the

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staggered column formation , takes stay

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at the ready at all times in

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preparation for the enemy . When they

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hit the building , it's fast and

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furious rooms are entered and cleared

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in a matter of seconds so that the

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enemy doesn't have time to react .

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According to the marines .

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Communication is key to a successful

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route during drill .

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Well ,

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the marines of the

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anti terrorism battalion consists of

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more than 700 marines and sailors that

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were said to be the most robust anti

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terrorism force available for a F in

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Iraq . I'm specialist daniel Sullivan

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thank you .

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We come back ,

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we'll show you how sniper fire wasn't

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enough to deter one joint patrol from

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accomplishing their mission when

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Freedom Journal of Rock returns . But

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first this reminder from roger weinrib

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of well leslie massachusetts that

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americasupportsyou

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wait

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until Iraq . I'm staff sergeant Phillip

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Boyer and this is why we're here

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soldiers from bravo company . Second

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italian 1 to 1 infantry regiment

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conducting house to house search during

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Operation Mercer and radwaniyah .

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Every operation requires good

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communication and well timed guidance

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here . Staffs are marina Robinson wait

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for instructions

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way soldiers from bravo company

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causes to search each room sometimes

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finding weapons didn't even amongst

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clothing .

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Way

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even as a conductor search it's

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important safety remain a top priority

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thing and that's why we're here .

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Thanks to joint combat camera Iraq for

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the photos for a F in Iraq , I'm staff

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sergeant Phillip Boyer soldiers from my

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troops have attuned to 78 regimental

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combat troop joined forces with the

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Iraqi army earlier this month to carry

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out a court on a search mission in

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search of known insurgents located near

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forward operating base Cobra in the

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village of chi , I had the opportunity

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to accompany iron troop and what was to

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be here raising encounter a mother

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calmly nurses her captain a cinderblock

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corral . In the village of tie a small

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farming community nestled in the Iraqi

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desert . As many of the residents are

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still waking to the early morning sun .

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Little do they know but Iron troops and

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Iraqi soldiers are converging on their

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oasis in search of known insurgents

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that reside in the area . One tactic

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used by insurgents to try and confuse

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the soldiers is the use of an alias .

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Once the man's real identity is

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established is quickly taken into

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custody as well as the weather is

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located in his residence , soldiers

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carry on with the mission at hand

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searching everywhere for weapons or

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anyone that might be hiding in the

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bushes . Everything seemed to be going

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as planned and then sniper

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fired soldiers quickly rushed to see

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where the shots came from running

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alongside a wall on the outskirts of

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the village to an american soldiers

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chased after the man who allegedly

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fired the shots and detained him only

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seconds before he entered the home of

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his sister When hands down , he's

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quickly escorted away while his family

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pleased his innocence .

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What was the

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first thing that went through ?

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Sergeant ? First class James boswell's

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mind when the shots were fired ? His

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soldiers , we started taking fire . I

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just wanted to make sure that none of

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my men were hit . Men were out front

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with the idea that we're actually

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searching the house . I was with

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another group of I A and just make sure

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that my men were okay during the search

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of the snipers compound . American

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soldiers find this . Sometimes the

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power switch on the back . I don't know

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what it is a way to . Sometime

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once all the evidence has been

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collected , the soldiers carried on

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with the search moving throughout the

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village , targeting specific houses at

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one residence . The owner was unable to

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unlock the door so the soldiers let

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themselves in inside the

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soldiers find more weapons and take

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another insurgent into custody . Then

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as if an instant replay of earlier

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actions , soldiers were once again

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under fire .

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Uh

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soldiers

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reacted quickly taking the insurgent

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and his weapons in the custody as well

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as the ones used to shoot at the

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soldiers would ask what it feels like

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to have someone shoot at you . Sergeant

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boswell said that is something that

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definitely gets your blood pumping .

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It's pretty good adrenaline rush . The

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first time it uh actually the village

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and uh just a direct fire . We uh had

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some ideas and stuff like that , but

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not just direct fire where your face to

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face with somebody . Uh at the

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conclusion of the court on in search ,

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numerous weapons have been confiscated ,

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insurgents were detained and zero lives

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had been lost . Thanks for watching the

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newscast . That brings these stories

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from the front lines on the war on

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terror and Operation Iraqi . Freedom

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