In Iraq, US troops widen role as soldier-teacher
Huddled around a map at an Iraqi Army base here, Iraqi and US officers hash out plans for an evening raid on the home of a suspected IED maker – the son of insurgent leader Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi’s right-hand man, according to an informant. The Iraqis are eager to lock, load, and get their target. They seem uninterested in planning. “We want to go now,” says one Iraqi Army captain. “Or it will be too late.” Full Story