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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
He said they have proved their worth time and again. On March 21, the "First Team" help seized the Az Zubayr oil facility, which produces about 14 percent of the world's oil and will prove critical in supporting the newly freed Iraqi people.

Get a copy of this book:

The March Up - Taking Baghdad with the First Marine Division by Bing West and Ray Smith

It tells this in much greater detail. This multi million dollar facility was to be capture by an NCO, and was taken without the loss of a single Marine.

13 posted on 09/24/2003 12:48:53 PM PDT by Liberal Classic (No better friend, no worse enemy.)
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To: Liberal Classic
Dang it! Check links.

The March Up - Taking Baghdad with the First Marine Division by Bing West and Ray Smith

14 posted on 09/24/2003 12:49:43 PM PDT by Liberal Classic (No better friend, no worse enemy.)
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