The Battle of Spocain

Mohammed tadi, aged forty four, was one such survivor. He buried his mother, brother, sister in law and seven nieces and nephews. The soldiers who refused to let him search for his buried loved ones were not monsters. Theye were people doing a nightmarish job and nightmarish circumstances. And what we in peace time consider simple humanity is often an unacceptable risk under the rigors of war. Colonel ryan, the spokes person for the combined joint task force responsible for levelling raka, justified its actions by saying the coalition was fighting a ruthless enemy that was systematically killing innocent civilians. Some were unintentionally killed trying to liberate them, something we tried to