Strykers Keep Pressure on Al-Qaida in Iraq

This true story from the War on Terror is from DVIDS News:

In this latest effort, Soldiers of 5-20 Inf. Regt., 3rd Stryker
Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash., spent three
days clearing the neighborhood of Buhriz, described by Battalion Commander Lt.
Col. Bruce Antonia as “al-Qaida’s battleground.”When the Stryker battalion first
arrived in Baqouba in March, it encountered resistance from the neighborhood’s
insurgents in the form of roadside bombs, rocket propelled grenade fire and
small arms fire. During the mission, Soldiers operating alongside Iraqi security
forces conducted house-to-house searches for terrorists and weapon caches. They
learned from residents that many terrorists had fled Buhriz in the face of the
advancing battalion.

I love this statement:

“We’ve pushed al-Qaida out of here,” said Sgt. Matthew
Benzshawel, with 2nd Platoon, Company A. “We are a pretty lethal force. When
(insurgents) see a battalion worth of Strykers coming, (they) usually move
out.”

Read the rest of this heroic tale.