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Undertoad · 02-10-2007, 03:04 PM

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

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

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

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.

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

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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?

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".

02-10-2007, 03:04 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Michael Yon's latest Get a sense of what it's like to accompany a serious mission in Mosul, Iraq, at 3:19 am.

02-12-2007, 06:11 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	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. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-12-2007, 09:54 AM	#4
Hippikos Flocci Non Facio Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In The Line Of Fire Posts: 571	Reminds me of Battlefield 2142. I'll be online tonight for another game... __________________ Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

02-12-2007, 05:55 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I think his server is down. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-12-2007, 05:25 PM	#5
deadbeater Sir Post-A-Lot Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 439	Damn seems all of the cellar dwellers are accessing the site; I can't get in.

02-15-2007, 11:04 PM	#8
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	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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