Making Progress: Unit’s relationship with Iraqi locals pays off

Courtesy of Multi-National Forces - Iraq

SAMARRA — As the much-anticipated Iraq report was released this month, one unit is finding that they are indeed making progress.

An Iraqi teenager who was an informant for the Coalition force in Samarra was kidnapped by insurgents and held for several days. He was beaten and moved to different locations. The teen managed to escape, ignoring the death threats of his captors for talking with Coalition forces, and after his escape, he went straight to Forward Operating Base Brassfield-Mora to ask for help.

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