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“Out the open door of my helicopter I saw a series of flashes to our northwest…Over the [radio] we heard that [Task Force] Papa Bear was engaging some enemy to the north of its positions.   The Cobra [escort helicopters] called back that they were over the [landing] zone, and it looked hot.  The Cobras were […]

But now we were hit by a far more perplexing challenge. Having thoroughly defeated the “evil empire” of Saddam, we had effectively stripped away all vestiges of his Orwellian dictator-ship, leaving only . . . us. What to do for an encore? We were now the single center of authority. In a blinding flash, we […]