our job as an artillery battery was engage targets deep in iraq. we pulled up on the berm right at the border and were in iraq when the whole thing kicked off. the artillery pieces fired 96 pound shell about 20 miles. so the war gets pretty loud pretty fast when you are in the artillery. it kept the frye battalion was attacking more in nasiriya. we had a good fight in support of the infantry moving up. suddenly visibility dropped to zero. blinding grit powered over 20,000 feet traveling 60 miles an hour. driving down the highway we got ambushed in a little town. the engagement brought captain frye to the brink of death. i was in the lead vehicle in the passenger seat reading a map, and a rocket propelled grenade hit the door of my hum v and it came through and cut my arm and took my arm off. when you look down everything goes into slow-motion. i remember thinking did this happen to me? a voice kicks in and says do something. i was born and raised in baghda
services. he s an american iranian who received special training at military bases in iraq and afghanistan before heading to iran before his alleged intelligence mission. it shows him quote-unquote confessing and describing his mission. sources telling fox news there is no evidence this person paraded on iranian tv works for the cia. the u.s. military recording the final troops left iraq after nearly 9 years of war. it has ended. the final convoy crossing this morning. armored vehicles carrying troops through the night. it comes at a high price. 4500 american lives 100,000 iraqi lives. the war began in 2003 with an attack called shock and awe with missiles targeting baghdad to kick out then president and now dead sadam hussein. the nearly 9 years of war costing $800 billion. the house set to vote on a senate bill extending the payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for another two months. the senate passing their legislation. they are after a deal to extend the tax cuts for a