CMO in Baghdad: 3-82 FA Red Dragons hit the streets.

From: FA Journal | Date: March 1, 2005| Author: Hanson, Evans A. | Copyright information

The battalion intelligence officer (S2) forecast the day's high temperature in Baghdad as a steamy 110 degrees. The pavement in the Mansur neighborhood was hot, and hundreds of cars packed the smoggy streets.

The dismounted combat patrol in that neighborhood had many intelligence requirements. Who owns this hardware store on Mansur Street? What are the Iraqi civilians thinking about the upcoming transfer of national sovereignty? What was the message of last Friday's pra...

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