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Impressive animated sequence portraying a firefight in Iraq through the eyes of U.S. Army Specialist Colby Buzzell. Buzzell is an author, blogger and former soldier, having enlisted in the U.S. Army at the age of 26. Prior to joining the Army he described his life as drinking, drug use, dead-end jobs and a minor criminal record.

It was in Iraq that Buzzell began publishing a blog under the title "CBFTW" as a replacement for his habitual journaling back in the States. The blog gained popularity quickly, because as an anonymous soldier-blogger Buzzell was able to share far more lucid experiences than an embedded journalist, and he was also able to share more of the truth than the Army was able to.


Colby published a book on his Iraq experiences entitled, My War: Killing Time in Iraq combining narrative, blog entries, and emails that evolved from his blog over time. Buzzell received the 2007 Lulu Blooker Prize for My War: Killing Time in Iraq.

The video segment is from Buzzell's story entitled 'Men in Black'.

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