Video: American Special Forces gives jihadis the beat down
5th Special Forces taking it to Hajji in Iraq. The video’s fast-paced, filled with lots of cussing (content warning), and shows American and Iraqi forces in action together.

5th Special Forces taking it to Hajji in Iraq. The video’s fast-paced, filled with lots of cussing (content warning), and shows American and Iraqi forces in action together.
I ran across this little gem on You Tube and felt the need to share it. It’s long, in seven parts, but a fascinating look at American special operators fighting the Taliban in one of the most remote and rugged landscapes in the world. Part one is below, and I’ve got links to the others [...]

While in Iraq, you get a one-week MWR trip to Qatar. On one of the trips we were allowed to take, this Qatari was selling camel rides. I didn't bother with it.
Here I am at the infamous Abu Ghraib. While in Baghdad, I ran into a friend of mine and was able to join one of his unit's convoys to this prison. This is, of course, prior to this facility being turned over to the Iraqis.
I would love to tell you what this mural says, but I never got it translated. I'm pretty sure it dates back to when the Iraqi Army and Air Force were still under Saddam. It was located in a building on our FOB.
This is a mural I saw on Victory Base Complex in Baghdad. Obviously, it's supposed to show the heroic former Iraqi army. There's a painted-over figure on the left. I'm guessing that was Saddam.
I was able to visit the Ah Shaw(sp) palace in Baghdad - one of Saddam's old haunts and now the home of MNC-I. These columns were huge.
This is a mosque located on our FOB. No American was alloowed inside - even if you were security (like me) or an American Muslim.
This photo was making the email rounds while I was in Iraq. Reportedly, it was a wolf captured in or around Baghdad. I don't know that wolves are indigenous to Iraq, so it could have come from the zoo.
Believe it or not, it does rain in Iraq, as these poor soldiers found out when they tried to move this large forklift over some muddy ground.
If you fly much in Iraq, then you've likely been on one of these - a C-17. They are much better to fly in than C-130s.
A collection of rocket launchers. Hajji will often set these up, put a rocket in it, set up some sort of timer device, and then leave the area for the rocket to fire at a later time.
Here's a couple of the Iraqi Army soldiers we had living on our base. Not exactly Western standards, but they tried.
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