My colleague Roger Kaplan recently wrote an excellent review of the PBS documentary, The Last 600 Meters, which is an excellent description of the battles of Najaf and Fallujah during the Iraq war.
The Last 600 Meters’ transforms perilous filming and sharp interviews into a compelling story from an episode otherwise muddled policy.
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Remembering the battles of Najaf and Fallujah in ‘The Last 600 Meters’
Airing on PBS, a new documentary tells the stories of Marines and soldiers in combat during 2004 operations to clear two Iraqi cities of insurgents.
NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq As Americans head to the polls, U.S. Marines squaring off against Iraqi insurgents say they expect trouble in Iraq for years no matter who wins the White House. What they want is ...
Mike Tabura was about to fight in one of America's bloodiest battles when he arrived in Iraq and his wife shared an update of ...
This story is an update to Jordan's War, a five-part series published March 26-30 about Jordan Sherwood, a U.S. Marine from Roanoke who was wounded in Iraq. For the complete series and other ...
Associated Press CASCO - Two Marines from Wisconsin who had been in Iraq for no more than four weeks were killed as fighting escalated there. Cpl. Jesse Thiry, of Casco, and Pfc. Ryan Jerabek, of ...
I’ll never forget it,” says retired Marine Justin Rettenberger of his first day in Operation Vigilant Resolve in Fallujah, ...
SOUTHERN IRAQ (AP) -- Lance Cpl. Joseph Willems was approaching one of many bunkers dug into Iraq's desert when he saw the muzzle fire. "I looked down and saw shots being fired, and I just went 'ooooh ...
A Marine reservist from Vancouver, Wash., who volunteered for a second tour of duty, was killed in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq. Staff Sgt. David Ries, 29, died Monday when the vehicle he was in ...
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