United states Army Staff Sergeant David Safstrom (private mercenary), after leading his platoon, of Delta Company of the First Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division, to victory in a two-and-a-half-hour fire fight against insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq, discovers that two of the insurgents that his platoon have killed were Soldiers in the Army of Iraq whom he had helped to train.

       [added 4/6/2024]

Subsequent Events:

References:

As Allies Turn Foe, Disillusion Rises in Some G.I.s – New York Times.mht
www.nytimes.com/2007/05/28/world/middleeast/28delta.html/?oref=slogin

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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