Boots And Bad Blood Research Paper

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Colleen Carroll
Mr. Henley
English Composition 1113, Section 1
5 April 2017
Boots, Bullets, and Bad Blood
Citizens cower and scream in terror as a torrent of bullets and shrapnel violently rip through human flesh and tissue, leaving gaping holes that pour blood while exposing decimated insides. The simple shacks and array of other objects lining the narrow street provide little protection for the innocent civilians. Then, to make the circumstances even worse, a rebel group of insurgents, armed outlaws in resistance to the government and other authority, begin to harass and belligerently tease the armed and highly trained soldiers fanned out on the opposing end of the street. However, this violent exchange cannot be labeled as a firefight,
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