Bastards & Brothers: Marines and the Fight for Al-Qaim, Iraq Trueblood Roger Ajax
Bastards & Brothers: Marines and the Fight for Al-Qaim, Iraq Trueblood Roger Ajax Bastards & Brothers tells the story of the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment (3/2) -- aka the "Bastards of Betio"--…
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Bastards & Brothers: Marines and the Fight for Al-Qaim, Iraq Trueblood Roger Ajax
Bastards & Brothers tells the story of the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment (3/2) -- aka the "Bastards of Betio"-- fighting in the wild west of Anbar Province, Iraq in 2005. In the middle of a deadly battlezone, and despite prevailing guidance, young Marines found a way to talk with tribal leaders who joined forces in the struggle against Zarqawi and AQI. In the spring and blazing summer of that year, 3/2 took on the gathering forces of Al-Qaida in Iraq (the precursor of ISIS), hunted and engaged arch-terrorist Abu-Musab al Zarqawi, withstood fanatical suicide bombers and defeated the enemy in several major operations and hundreds of firefights.At the same time, they also forged an unlikely partnership with former insurgents among a local Iraqi tribe.
This tentative alliance was the first time an Iraqi tribe openly sided with the Marines and the coalition,