Francisco Roman was leading a team of Marines through the chaotic roads of Ramadi, Iraq in 2005 when the streets suddenly turned quiet. “We were patrolling back to our base, and I noticed that the ...
Omaha World-Herald reporter C. David Kotok and Col. John Folsom near a Marine War Hog Monday Oct. 3, 2005 at Camp Al Asad, Iraq. (Staff photo by Jeff Bundy/the Omaha World-herald) Omaha World-Herald ...
RAMADI, Iraq -- At a checkpoint on a bridge into this volatile Sunni Muslim city, an Iraqi platoon frisked a row of men and rummaged through their cars and trucks for explosives. The men scowled ...