The Last Petrov
Western Iraq. The Euphrates River Valley. Flat country. Date palms and canals and dust so fine it gets into the action of a rifle and into the boots and lungs of the men and women who carry them.The enemy buried bombs in the roads. Watched from rooftops. Wore no uniform. Walked among the living like the living until the moment he was not. A man drove a fuel truck and skimmed money from the sale and the money bought wire. The wire connected to a shell and a different man buried the shell in the road. Another man watched from a rooftop. Made a phone call and the convoy passed and the world…
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