Story of a soilder

Story of a solider The war journal of a young Iraqi lieutenant When they resumed control of the bases deserted by Saddam Hussein's troops, the Kuwaitis found a whole series of documents abandoned in the debacle. No matter if they were on loose paper, typed or handwritten, or if they bore the Iraqi military seal, all testify to the poor morale of the Baghdad troops. On his return from Kuwait, Jacques Godefrain, deputy of Aveyron, …

…were killed. When the planes came to bomb us, I remained standing because I can't go into the trench. Sunday 17 February 1991 My illness is getting worse. I am short of breath. I hurt. I have begun taking medicine; I don't know what it is for, but the main thing is to take it because I know the medicine can't cause me any more pain than I'm already enduring. The air raids have started up again.