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bulldog136

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Re: AK in Iraq 2003
« Reply #15 on: October 23, 2009, 08:38:42 PM »
Man can't be fun going back again with a draw down about to happen, lots of moving pieces. Stay safe, if you need anything let us know!
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Re: AK in Iraq 2003
« Reply #16 on: October 23, 2009, 10:35:03 PM »
That picture reminds me of a kid we called "Tony", he was always selling things to us.  One day he ran out of the normal stuff, but offered to bring us an RPG and some other junk he was planning on lifting from his father who was Iraqi PD.  At first it was funny, but we told him he had better not show up at one of our positions with an RPG (it had occured to us that he might take it to another position and get shot).
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Re: AK in Iraq 2003
« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2009, 11:04:44 PM »
Was that before or after the Iraqi Police were allowed to carry RPGs? I never trusted them.
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Re: AK in Iraq 2003
« Reply #18 on: October 24, 2009, 12:09:15 AM »
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Was that before or after the Iraqi Police were allowed to carry RPGs? I never trusted them.

Im not sure, I always thought they just did what they wanted to.  It tickled me when they would fire their pistols at cars blowing through the round-a-bouts.  Hehehehe, traffic cops.  They rode around in blue and white F-350 technicals while I was there.
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Re: AK in Iraq 2003
« Reply #19 on: October 24, 2009, 08:55:02 AM »
The one thing they understood in OIF1 and 2 was that they would get shot now questions asked if they had an RPG. It was part of our ROE even. I didn't trust them, they set us up on a couple of IEDs and ambushes.
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Re: AK in Iraq 2003
« Reply #20 on: November 10, 2009, 05:45:58 PM »
 Gonna be a little different for me this time. Last time I was a driver in a team. This time I am a TL and its possible I will end up being a SL before its all said and done. I will take lots of pics and check in regularly if possible.
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