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Operation Sykes Hammer Broll, Dawn Patrol. 01Aug04
Title: 1Aug04 Covering Bravo Co., 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry. Regiment (Sykes' Regulars) - 3/2 SBCT. Infantry patrol Tal Afar alongside Iraqi National Guard for suspected insurgents from Syria.
00:00:20 Headlights on vehicles moving thru dark; silhouetted soldiers on foot. Troops in column patrolling. LS Helicopter across moon. GOOD.
00:02:12 Thru metal door into auto garage (?) courtyard. Soldiers wear cameras; Iraqi Guard wear face masks. men searching bags of ??. Search large ornate wooden cupboards in house.
00:03:45 Silhouetted soldier against morning light down metal steps from roof. Leave; patrol along building walls. Tank in street. Patrolling narrow street, people watch from behind on roof.
00:05:08 Kneeling soldier adjusts glasses outside metal doorway. MS soldier in tank hatch. MCU troops waiting. Troops outside metal gate, push open & enter. Soldier to translator: "Tell lady to come get her baby off the floor." Soldiers searching house w/ light; take identification papers.
00:06:48 Ext. looking at identification papers, women holding children in bg. Translator explains.
00:07:09 Soldiers enter ornate gate. Others in wide street plaza. Inside courtyard of house. MCU soldier checking cell phone. Others watching street while house searched; pickup searched; stone pile searched. Photograph album leafed thru. Bag of ?? searched.
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