Rearguard

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So the latest from Diwaniyah , its been comparatively quiet for a while but that (yet again) just changed in a hurry - July 2 Blackanthem ...

Since the Latvian Infantry company has withdrawn from that unhappy den of mortar targets, Camp Echo at Diwaniyah, mine own small news roundu...

On June 19th Latvia has finally withdrawn the infantry from Iraq as promised by the MoD, for which there is much rejoicing. 4 years 1150 so...

The spiral keeps going down, with no end in sight : June 13-14 During the night Camp Echo in Diwaniyah is hit four times by rockets and/or...

The weekly attack is back. Diwaniyah itself has been moderately hot, but most of the damage has come from Iraqi police and army fighting the...

I can find no reports of Echo being mortared, rocketed or shot in the last two weeks. Thats a big change. Trouble still brewing all around...

Diwaniyah was back to something approaching normal. 4 May Iraqslogger : A curfew was imposed on Diwaniya city on Friday night after fierce ...

Diwaniyah seems pretty quiet, so chalk up Black Eagle as a win (for the moment). Summer is coming and Iraq heating up, 40°C daytime tempera...