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Undertoad 02-10-2007 03:04 PM

Michael Yon's latest
 
Get a sense of what it's like to accompany a serious mission in Mosul, Iraq, at 3:19 am.

Ronald Cherrycoke 02-10-2007 05:04 PM


Good article!

xoxoxoBruce 02-12-2007 06:11 AM

All his articles are. Bookmark his site and go through the archives. It's fascinating reading and probably the best record of what the day-to-day for the boots on the ground, was/is like.:2cents:

Hippikos 02-12-2007 09:54 AM

Reminds me of Battlefield 2142. I'll be online tonight for another game...

deadbeater 02-12-2007 05:25 PM

Damn seems all of the cellar dwellers are accessing the site; I can't get in.

Griff 02-12-2007 05:55 PM

I think his server is down.

xoxoxoBruce 02-12-2007 10:35 PM

Whenever he sends out his email to the faithful, announcing a new post, the servers usually take a pretty good beating for a day or two. I almost never get in on the first go around and have to wait until the next day.

I just tried it and got
Quote:

Pardon us, we are currently experience very high site traffic. Please check back again soon. - Michael Yon Online
More and more people are discovering the place where they can get the unvarnished truth, on the ground, in Iraq. Good for us, bad for servers. Wonder what it would cost to run a mirror site? :confused:

tw 02-15-2007 11:04 PM

Mosul is more peaceful areas in Iraq - not even part of Anbar province. Mosul is up north - northwest of Kirkuk - near a spot where Turkey, Syria and Iraq all meet. Mosul is the city that General Petrais and the 101st Airborne first occupied and that was peaceful beccause Petrais all but stole money to instigate planning for the peace.

But look at Mosul now. Even Mosul is ... well "Mission Accomplished".


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