American Soldiers: Encountering Insurgent Booby Traps But Few Evident Insurgents

Warplanes destroyed it with bombs. Encountering insurgent booby traps but few evident insurgents troops in armored stryker units advanced through the diyala river valley on wednesday during the second day of the offensive. In villages near the insurgents’ supposed nerve center residents confirmed that carloads of armed and masked men operated freely until recently. David moore said the dense vegetation posed the greatest threat. They say they also suspect that some residents know more than they disclose but are too intimidated to speak at least until american and iraqi forces show they are going to remain in the area. “It is the deep buried stuff that you can’t see.