Feel-Good Pictures (U.S. Soldiers and Iraqi Orphans)

Reuters ^ | 12/31/03

[saquin]

A young boy feeds a U.S. Army soldier during a New Year's Eve party for orphans and poor children, in a suburb of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, December 31, 2003. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

An Iraqi boy tries on a U.S. Army helmet during a New Year's Eve party for orphans and poor children, in a suburb of Baghdad, December 31, 2003. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

A U.S. Army soldier fits a wool hat on a boy during a New Year's Eve party for orphans and poor children, in a suburb of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, December 31, 2003. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

A U.S. Army soldier holds a baby on top of a Humvee during a New Year's Eve party for orphans and poor children in a suburb of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, December 31, 2003. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

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And as an added bonus, in the so-called “flashpoint town of Fallujah”…

Chaplain Capt. Dan Knight of Star, Mississippi , of the 82nd Airborne Division, holds an Iraqi child after he giving him a gift during a patrol in Fallujah, some 65 kilometers (40 miles) northwest of Iraqi capital of Baghdad, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

[LoudRepublicangirl]

What beautiful children!!Hopefully they will look this happy for the rest of their lives. Thank you for posting the pictures.

[Rollee]

All children are beautiful. They get ruined by adults. I think these children will be the hope for Iraq. That is what was the last thing to come out of Pandora's box: hope.

[NYC GOP Chick]

These are just wonderful! Thanks for thinking of me, dubs. :)

[NeoCaveman]

Anytime :)

[Prodigal Son]

That is a cool shot!

[Prodigal Son]

You know, kids really like soldiers for some reason. Adults are sort of stand-offish for the most part but kids always run right up to a soldier and ask him about his weapon, if he's a real soldier etc. I'd bet that all through history, soldiers and children have had a special relationship.

[PISANO]

And the LEFT asks WHY and I say "HOW CAN WE NOT"

Iraqi's FUTURE and our POSTERITY!!!

[RoseofTexas]

WOW!! Picture of the YEAR!!!