1. THE INSURGENT'S TALE.
- Author
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Downey, Tom
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INSURGENCY , *RADICALS , *SAUDI Arabians , *IRAQ War, 2003-2011 , *AK-47 rifle - Abstract
The article presents information about Khalid, an insurgent. He had been in Iraq for only a few weeks, but he was already sick of the place. It wasn't the missions that bothered him. He was fighting alongside a small group of Saudis, and they were consummate professionals when it came to jihad, completely focused on the lightning-fast attacks they staged each day on the foreign invaders. The ambushes usually lasted no more than five or ten minutes, but Khalid reveled in the chance to hit the streets and fire off his AK-47 at the American soldiers and their allies, four grenades strapped to his waist so he could kill himself if captured.
- Published
- 2005