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ATTENTION FREEPERS - PRAYERS REQUESTED FOR TexKat's son injured in Iraq (Update-TexKat's son OK)
TexKat | 4/20/05 | mystery-ak

Posted on 04/20/2005 1:20:17 PM PDT by mystery-ak

Edited on 04/20/2005 3:25:13 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

TexKat has learned that her son has been injured in Iraq. TexKat posts the daily Operation Phantom Fury Thread....she has left her workplace and has returned to her home to await details....

Update from TexKat

04/20/2005 2:59:17 PM PDT

Thank all of you praying Freepers and please continue to pray for mine and for all others that are in harms way. My son took a licking and is lower back sore but still ticking, thank God.

I talked to him while he was still in the hospital in Baghdad (I guess that is where the hospital is.) and then he is scheduled to be flown back to camp later. God has spared him again.

From what I gather this was an ambush, yes near the Abu Ghraib area. He was 5th in the convoy and there was a van that was stopped on the side of the road. After a bit they noticed that the van began to move. The driver of the van pulled up alongside of the M1070 that my son was driving, smiled and then blew himself and everything around him up. My son was thrown from the truck and landed on his back. He stated that the heat from the fire from the truck penetrating on his face brought him to, and at that time he began to empty his rifle. The terrorist enemies were there shooting but were not in sight, evidently shooting from enclosed vacilities, just like a few weeks ago in the same area of Abu Ghraib.

The passenger soldier that was in the M1070 with my son broke his arm (his shooting arm)at the elbow I believe and was or will be flown to Germany. My son was a little shaken, but said that he was a bit calm now after talking with the chaplain, being interviewed by CIA, etc.

This incident today was said to be a new technique by the terrorist crazies.

Please keep SSG. Smith in your prayers as well as all of our sons and daughters that are giving so much for freedom for us and for the Iraqis.

May God bless all of you.

TexKat


A US Army soldier passes by destroyed Army vehicles after a car bomb exploded near a U.S. convoy in an area of western Baghdad, Iraq, where the notorious Abu Ghraib prison is located, setting a US Army convoy on fire, Wednesday, April 20, 2005. No casualities were reported. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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To: mystery-ak; TexKat

Prayers sent. Lord, please comfort TexKat and watch over her son.


161 posted on 04/20/2005 2:56:28 PM PDT by silent_jonny (Long live Pope Benedict XVI)
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To: Straight Vermonter; Dog

TexKat sons has been injured Ping !!!


162 posted on 04/20/2005 2:56:30 PM PDT by Deetes (Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

I don't know if you've seen this thread.


163 posted on 04/20/2005 2:57:18 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (I'm praying for a LoganMiracle! It CAN happen!!!!)
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To: mystery-ak

Praying.


164 posted on 04/20/2005 2:58:45 PM PDT by zeaal (SPREAD TRUTH!)
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To: mystery-ak; MEG33; No Blue States; boxerblues; Allegra; Eagle Eye; sdpatriot; Dog; DollyCali; ...
Thank all of you praying Freepers and please continue to pray for mine and for all others that are in harms way.

My son took a licking and is lower back sore but still ticking, thank God.

I talked to him while he was still in the hospital in Baghdad (I guess that is where the hospital is.) and then he is scheduled to be flown back to camp later. God has spared him again.

From what I gather this was an ambush, yes near the Abu Ghraib area. He was 5th in the convoy and there was a van that was stopped on the side of the road. After a bit they noticed that the van began to move. The driver of the van pulled up alongside of the M1070 that my son was driving, smiled and then blew himself and everything around him up. My son was thrown from the truck and landed on his back. He stated that the heat from the fire from the truck penetrating on his face brought him to, and at that time he began to empty his rifle. The terrorist enemies were there shooting but were not in sight, evidently shooting from enclosed vacilities, just like a few weeks ago in the same area of Abu Ghraib.

The passenger soldier that was in the M1070 with my son broke his arm (his shooting arm)at the elbow I believe and was or will be flown to Germany. My son was a little shaken, but said that he was a bit calm now after talking with the chaplain, being interviewed by CIA, etc.

This incident today was said to be a new technique by the terrorist crazies.

Please keep SSG. Smith in your prayers as well as all of our sons and daughters that are giving so much for freedom for us and for the Iraqis.

May God bless all of you.

A US Army soldier passes by destroyed Army vehicles after a car bomb exploded near a U.S. convoy in an area of western Baghdad, Iraq, where the notorious Abu Ghraib prison is located, setting a US Army convoy on fire, Wednesday, April 20, 2005. No casualities were reported. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

165 posted on 04/20/2005 2:59:17 PM PDT by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: TexKat

Glory be!


166 posted on 04/20/2005 3:00:53 PM PDT by leadpenny
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To: Calpernia; TexKat

More prayers for TexKat's son are on the way!


167 posted on 04/20/2005 3:02:05 PM PDT by blackie
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To: Howlin; TexKat

Prayers for your son. His valiant efforts in Iraq are honored...


168 posted on 04/20/2005 3:02:09 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (Question of the week: Can you think country music sucks and still be a Conservative?)
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To: TexKat

Thank God.....Im so glad for your update....you have a lot of friends here praying for you.


169 posted on 04/20/2005 3:02:20 PM PDT by mystery-ak
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To: mystery-ak; TexKat

Prayers for a speedy recovery for your Son and any other injured members of his Unit... And prayers for you to have strength and calm as you await further news. Your Son is in good hands.

And continued thanks to your Son for his brave service to our Country!!


170 posted on 04/20/2005 3:02:25 PM PDT by BagCamAddict (Congratulations to the brave blue-fingered Iraqis !!)
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To: mystery-ak

May he make a quick and strong recovery and lead a long and happy life! Thanks to this young man and his family for their service to our country!


171 posted on 04/20/2005 3:02:44 PM PDT by Grateful One (`)
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To: TexKat
The driver of the van pulled up alongside of the M1070 that my son was driving, smiled and then blew himself and everything around him up.

What an unbelievably insane enemy, and that sight alone would be something that I'd think would replay in a guy's mind for the rest of his life.

So glad to hear that he is safe now and in good hands.

172 posted on 04/20/2005 3:02:59 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: mystery-ak

Shine a light on him and pull him through!


173 posted on 04/20/2005 3:03:19 PM PDT by dennisw ("Sursum corda")
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To: TexKat

Praise be to God.

I hope the terrorist scum is enjoying his 72 demons.


174 posted on 04/20/2005 3:03:41 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ('Quality of life' is another name for the slippery slope into barbarism.)
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To: TexKat

Sweet Jesus!!

I am very very relieved to hear your son is more or less ok. May the Lord continue to protect him...


175 posted on 04/20/2005 3:04:14 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (Question of the week: Can you think country music sucks and still be a Conservative?)
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To: TexKat

Thanks for the update, TexKat ~ good news for your son ~ Bump!


176 posted on 04/20/2005 3:04:14 PM PDT by blackie
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To: TexKat

Thank you for the report--it was nice of you to personally take the time to post it---I am sure your hands are still shaking so it is hard to type---

Sometimes the what-ifs after the fact can be worse than the worrying---being a mom, I know that much, although I don't have a son in Iraq---

Please let your son know that we WILL pray for his back and for his buddy---and THANK GOD that they will both be OKAY

God Bless you TexKat!!


177 posted on 04/20/2005 3:04:54 PM PDT by Txsleuth (Mark Levin for Supreme Court Justice!)
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To: TexKat

All things considered, that is good news. Thanks for the update and a prayer bump for our guys and gals still over there fighting for us.


178 posted on 04/20/2005 3:05:45 PM PDT by Prince Charles
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To: TexKat

SSG Smith, no one is going to want to ride with you. Stay alert!


179 posted on 04/20/2005 3:06:37 PM PDT by leadpenny
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To: mystery-ak

Prayers sent


180 posted on 04/20/2005 3:06:42 PM PDT by Paul_Denton (Get the UN out of the US and US out of the UN!)
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