Personal Narrative Essay: The Battle Of The Leumi

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The month of May, 2006 is a month that I will not soon forget. My platoon and I were stationed in Baghdad; our mission was to eliminate the leader of a terrorist organization widely known as Leumi. The Leumi consisted of thousands of bloodthirsty savages who were not to be reckoned with; their claim to fame was the way that they mercilessly tortured their enemies. Members of the Leumi would murder for either the satisfaction of taking another man’s life or the perception that someone was trying to interfere with the Leumi’s cause. Their objective was to rid the world of everyone who is “unclean”, which they deemed to be anyone who did not follow and worship Allah unconditionally. At the time that I was stationed in Baghdad, their leader, Muhadi, was rumored …show more content…

No one came back alive; they were either slowly given over to death or were forced to join the Leumi. Knowing all of this was what made our mission difficult; we had to go into Monty and kill Muhadi, which was the place where no man ever thought of going. Since tracking Muhadi was almost impossible, our entire operation was based on a tip, a rumor. The realization of what was about be be required of me in the coming days was worrisome, and I became aware of the feasibility of my death. After being briefed by our commander, the six members of my platoon, including myself, left our base and were relieved of any previous feelings of safety we might have felt. Sergeant Smith, the leader of our platoon, fabricated a plan in which we would arrive at Muhadi's doorstep at night, raid the compound, and find and kill Muhadi. First, we determined our position of attack. We traveled west atop some hills to get a better vantage point to spot the exact location of the compound. With this vantage point, we plotted our next move. Tensions were beginning to rise among every member of our platoon, as we had no reassurance that Muhadi was where we believed him to

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