Buying security in Baghdad
May 12: Mornings are usually slow at COP 821, the combat outpost in Baghdad's southwestern neighborhood of Saidiyah that houses the Apache Company of the 4-64 Armor Battalion of the 4th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division. Soldiers walk to the plywood shower shacks in their flip-flops and military-issue T-shirts and shorts, then put on their uniforms and go to the spacious mess hall, where 1st Sgt.… » Full Story on Salon.com
