Ambush in Ramadi - Embedded Report

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The enemy lay in wait for the proud young Marines of Echo Company

By David Swanson and Joseph L. Galloway
Knight Ridder Newspapers

RAMADI, Iraq - The Marines of Echo Company jumped from their trucks into Ramadi's narrow streets and alleys and ran toward the sound of the guns. They followed their commander, Capt. Kelly D. Royer, through palm trees and warrens of cinder-block buildings.

One of Echo's sniper teams had come under fire, and Royer's "quick reaction force" was going to reinforce the pinned-down Marines.

Before they'd gone far, headquarters at Combat Outpost, a Marine base in the Iraqi city of 500,000 on the Euphrates River, called on the radio. The snipers had repulsed the attackers, but now Echo Company's 1st Platoon, which had been sent out earlier to clear the main supply route through Ramadi, was taking fire and needed help.

Ambush in Ramadi

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. All that fancy gear and electronics

doesn't help very much when you are up against someone fighting for their home on their own turf.

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