PATROL BASE SWAMP, Iraq -- Here, in a half-ruined house bristling with dull black machine guns and surrounded by green sandbags, shin-deep mudholes, and shadowy palm groves, lies the leading edge of the U.S. war in Iraq. The war here has gone through three distinct phases, each with its own... -
In the Battle for Baghdad, U.S. Turns War on Insurgents
PATROL BASE SWAMP, Iraq -- Here, in a half-ruined house bristling with dull black machine guns and surrounded by green sandbags, shin-deep mudholes, and shadowy palm groves, lies the leading edge of the U.S. war in Iraq. The war here has gone through three distinct phases, each with its own...-
By Thomas E. Ricks