"Operation First Casualty"

Far From Iraq, A Demonstration Of a War Zone

By David Montgomery
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 20, 2007; Page C01

There's a lot of weirdness every day in the capital city, but this one pushed the envelope: 13 Iraq war veterans in full desert camo going on "patrol" from Union Station to Arlington National Cemetery. They carried imaginary assault rifles, barked commands, roughly "detained" suspected hostiles with flex cuffs and hoods -- and generally shocked, frightened and delighted tourists and office workers.

"How does occupation feel, D.C.?!" shouted Geoff Millard, head of the local chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War, who previously served on a brigadier general's staff in Tikrit.

Adam Kokesh, one of the antiwar veterans who observed the fourth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq by roaming the city on a mock patrol.
By Andrea Bruce -- The Washington Post

Shouts and curses, shoving and arm-twisting, from Reppenhagen and his men: "Don't move!" "Get down on the ground!" "Do I have to shoot you, or are you going to stay still?"

The soldiers twisted on the cuffs and adjusted the hoods, then ordered, "Get 'em out of here!"

In two frantic minutes the scene was over; the civilians moved on to the next location outside CNN and Fox News, and the soldiers continued their patrol.

Video of "Operation First Casualty"



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