Bagi tentara AS dari Divisi Ke-9 Resimen Kavaleri yang berkendaraan di jalan-jalan berbahaya di Baghdad dengan naik Humvee setelah gelap Senin, berita bahwa penempatan mereka di Irak dapat diperpanjang mereka terima laksana hantaman palu godam di kepala mereka.
For US troops from 9th Cavalry Regiment bumping around the dangerous streets of Baghdad in Humvees after dark on Monday, news that their deployment in Iraq could be extended fell like a hammer blow.