FACT VS FICTION : A REPORT FROM THE FRONT (IRAQ CIRCA January 2006)

The American Enterprise Magazine ^ | January 2006 | Karl Zinmeister

[El Gato]

Also on Christmas Day, a newly hired Iraqi interpreter pulled a gun on one of our soldiers who works with sensitive intelligence. The Iraqi spy made Specialist Steven Clark bring him to his work space so he could look at his computer work station. The interpreter briefly turned his back to Clark and our guy immediately pulled his 9mm pistol and emptied his magazine into the Iraqi. The interpreter also got six shots off, one of which hit the soldier in his left breast pocket, but a notebook and ID card stopped the bullet.

I love a happy ending. But what was the spy using, a .25 ACP?. I suppose a 9mm Kurz (.380) is more likely , and almost as likely to be stopped by a notebook and ID card. (If it's a modern Common Access Card, it's the size and thickness of a credit card, but with both a magnetic strip and a "chip".

[malia]

to read later ..... bump