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Two Battles for Basra

Posted on 11/10/2003 7:21:48 AM PST by tjwmason

Yesterday morning I went to church as normal. I live in an English village, and the village church still has a place at the heart of the community. Yesterday was Remembrance Day, and so we had an act of remembrance. We were given a list of those on the village war memorial, detailing those from our community who died in the first and second world wars. Among them was a soldier who died in the battle for Basra 1916. Today British soldiers are back in Basra, and many have fought and died.

Spare a thought, and prayer for our brave military whose work is never completed; especially those who have died serving King or Queen and country.

Requiscant in Pace.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: basra; fallen; iraq; remembrance; remembranceday; tribute

1 posted on 11/10/2003 7:21:50 AM PST by tjwmason
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Bless our fallen Brit allies.
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2 posted on 11/10/2003 6:28:34 PM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl ("Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong" ~RReagan)
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