He prepared operations south of Samarra and north of Baghdad.
It has been six months since unknown insurgents destroyed the Al-Askari mosque in Samarra.
She says, Shi'a people leave Adh Dhouloueya and go to Samarra.
They are the victims of Shia death squads in Samarra and Tikrit.
“The Peace Brigades have been welcomed by the Sunni people of Samarra,” he said.
Between Daur and Samarra there was nothing but desert, with gazelles and jackals the only permanent inhabitants.
To take things without violence is a sign of weakness in Samarra.
We returned to find Samarra buried in dust and more desolate than ever.
The second line arrived, so my prisoners and I set out on our tired trudge to Samarra.
Corps, I was told, were ignorant up to almost the day of our starting out from Samarra.
