Special Ops with the Kurds in Northern Iraq
Anthony Loyd in the (UK) Times:

The US special forces team had arrived that morning, pushing forward to the new front line about 13 miles southeast of Kirkuk. Iraqi forces had abandoned their positions as far as this point two days earlier as part of a planned withdrawal for the defence of the oil-rich city.

Dividing themselves into two groups, one, American callsign "Moto", moved to a commanding slope to provide forward air control for the strikes, while the second four-man team, "Shifty", secured a position in a deserted rectangular pit directly facing their enemy. They then set up a small, multispoked communications antenna.
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"You say 52 come 10 o’clock," one of the peshmerga challenged impatiently as he peered over the lip of the pit at the Iraqi positions beyond. "Yeah, well, it’s been a kinda slow morning," the American soldier drawled as he looked skyward. It was nearly midday.
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Suddenly the ten or so peshmerga sitting behind the team became excited: "52, 52," they shouted, pointing up. High above us, all the way from RAF Fairford, the silver beast trailed white vapour against the blazing blue. "Shifty to Moto, inbound," a soldier said over the radio. Yet still, even with the distant roar of the engines, the Iraqis loitered above their bunkers.
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The saddleback ridge all but disappeared, and with it the standing Iraqi men. A huge series of brown clouds took their place as other elements of the B52 payload flashed white, airbursting flame above them.

Bye, bye.