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He was beyond exhaustion and it took all of his willpower to try and avoid the inevitable mistakes one started to make when tired. What seemed like an eternity had passed since he’d first started living this hell on earth almost nine weeks ago at Fort Benning, GA. Then it was off to the mountains [...]

July 2006. His time had come. All his life he’d waited for this day, to be a martyr. Today he would die for the cause and meet God in Paradise! It was the most honorable thing the son of a poor unemployed electrician could do for his family. His family name would be spoken of [...]

March 2003. The moon shone clearly through the March night air on an ocean that was unusually calm for the time of year. It was almost as though nature itself knew that something was afoot. Forty-eight hours ago the ultimatum was given: “Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq within 48 hours. Their refusal [...]