1800 hrs bravo zulu time
Saber Team was on the the ground, Bradley was issuing orders and going over
the operation again. "first we will go to the crash site to check for
bodies and other items th-" conners interrupted "if you look at the map
there is an important bridge that the Iraqis will need to bring
reinforcements and supplies when we break into the facility, if we take out
the bridge we can have less of a hard time breaking into the facility and
extracting mitchell and it also is a major trade route for the
iraqies."Foley the SAS's finest sniper decided he would go with franklin
and take out the bridge. franklin is a demolition's expert who was foely's
friend since basic training so Bradley continued with his brief and than
they were off. foely and franklin headed to the bridge to take it out but
they didn't know what was soon to happen. franklin was keeping a good watch
but not good enough because about 17 seconds later four republican guard
jumped out from behind a bush it was odd for republican guard to be here
they usually stayed in Baghdad but they were no match for foely's .50
caliber pistol it was over before it began each got a bullet to the chest
and were dead instantly they were all carrying an
AK-47 so foely and franklin each took one the AK-47 shoots 5.45x39mm.
round with a 45 round magazine they both said "these should come in
handy." As they pressed on they found pieces of black aluminum that looked
eerily like the SAS standard for helicopter armory, but they were at least
a mile away from the crash site. franklin cried when he looked up there
was his girlfriend on the remains of a tigershark attack helicopter but
when he ran over he saw the pilot who looked unconscious not dead so when
foely went and checked his pulse he was alive so after about ten minutes of
first aid the pilot woke up and identified himself as captain john rose of
the RAF (royal air force) and said that he lost control and went down his
radio equipment was damaged in the crash and he couldn't call in but he was
in perfect health so he decided he could use a gun so they gave him foely's
.50 caliber pistol and they continued after radioing Bradley about their
discovery they continued. rose said he had good aim with a pistol and about
30 minutes later foely franklin and rose arrived at an overlook of the
bridge foely took out the guards and than they proceeded down to the bridge
franklin was planting C4 while rose and foely kept watch. The ever present
sandstorm dulled their senses to the point when a guard came outside to
smoke a cigarette and they didn't see him it was all over once the guard
saw his friends body with a bullet the size of half a carrot lodged in his
head bwwwwahhh!!! bwwwwahhh!!! bwwwahhh!!! the alarm could be heard miles
away "oh sh-" roses voice was broken off by a bullet whizzing by his head
crack! pow! and the jingling of bullet shells hitting the ground was all
they could hear foely fired about 7 rounds into the frantic cloud of
confusion turmoil and sand. they could hear a scream and curse in Arabic
and franklin shouted "target down!" and all to soon he said it because
about 7 seconds later 3 rounds from an AK-47 met their target's chest rose
scared out of his wits shot franticly in the enemy's direction he got 9
kills before he was taken out of commission and foely shot 5 Iraqis before
he got a bullet to the leg the shock knocked him out and he was taken
prisoner to a building about 19 meters south. the C4 was confiscated and
was held in a guard tower right next to the bridge.
