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E-mail Traffic in Iraq Shows the Positive
NewsMax ^ | January 10, 2004 | Staff

Posted on 01/10/2004 6:03:37 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy

Saturday, Jan. 10, 2004 7:37 p.m. EST

E-mail Traffic in Iraq Shows the Positive

Making the rounds of GI e-mail traffic in Iraq these days is the follwing inspiring missive. It is reproduced below in its entirety and exactly as written:

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1:



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: goodnews; iraq; progress; sincemayfirst
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1 posted on 01/10/2004 6:03:38 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy
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To: All
Show your true colors!

Reach into that purse and donate to Free Republic!

3 posted on 01/10/2004 6:11:14 PM PST by Support Free Republic (I'd rather be sleeping. Let's get this over with so I can go back to sleep!)
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To: Bubba_Leroy
"Somebody get me the Mylanta..."


4 posted on 01/10/2004 6:39:09 PM PST by GalaxieFiveHundred
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To: GalaxieFiveHundred
...or the Arsenic.
5 posted on 01/10/2004 7:56:38 PM PST by expatpat
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To: Bubba_Leroy; seamole; bert
Thanks, seamole. I am glad the troops are reading it. It was for the troops.

They should have been reading this info in NEWSMAX, BBC, AP, Al Jazeera last Oct. 9,  following Paul Bremer's CPA briefing where he listed the accomplishments of our awesome troops and Coalition allies on the 6-month anniversary of Baghdad Liberation Day.

 
I just put them in a list form and added the press's daily mantra of doom to the beginning of each line, as I did on posts daily, and added the final lines.
 
Chief Wiggles had it up on his blogsite as an e-mail from a CO.  He was kind enough to credit me, after I reminded him that I sent it to him last Oct. w/ my 'lil mass-emailing. It's his New Year's eve entry.
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The Chief wished to share the following email, which he received from "ragtimecowgirl",  with all of you. (You can find this wonderful young lady here.)

Email follows:

Subject: Fw: Accomplishments

"Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1..."
Coalition Provisional Authority, White House  | Oct. 19, 2003 | L Paul Bremer, VP Cheney (w/ liberties taken by me)

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...the first battalion of the new Iraqi Army has graduated and is on active duty·.....   

http://chiefwiggles.blog-city.com

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We have the list covered at FR.....my original, 10/19 , as an e-mail from the troops: here, and picked up by Frontpagemag.com here on 12/3, then another e-mail here, and here, here, here, and the good Chief's, and Newsmax.

 
 
8 "Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1..."
 
 It only took 6 weeks to reach the non-Freep universe.. (^:

6 posted on 01/10/2004 7:58:11 PM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl
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To: seamole
Hasn't this already been reported by the NT Times? Er, no? Hmmmm...
7 posted on 01/10/2004 8:00:54 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("...the right of THE PEOPLE to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.")
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To: MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; BOBTHENAILER; ...
See #6. Thanks to everyone on the ping list that helped me get this info to the troops.

This is the last time I will ping you to this "e-mail". NewsMax reported it, so it reached a large audience.

I hope NewsMax does a follow-up, and apologizes to the troops. The troops, their families, friends ~ and the French should have heard about all of these accomplishments by Oct. 10th, from OUR free press who ignored the very public CPA briefing on Oct. 9, the 6-month anniversary of Baghdad Liberation Day.

Good job, troops!

The list is far longer today, and growing daily...buried, still, under the press's daily litany of doom.

If you want on or off my, Calpernia, and xzin's Pro-Coalition ping list, please Freepmail one of us. Warning: it is a high volume ping list on good days. (Most days are good days).

8 posted on 01/10/2004 8:42:14 PM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump!
9 posted on 01/10/2004 8:59:43 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Bubba_Leroy
Count on the fact you won't see this on network news.
10 posted on 01/10/2004 9:02:27 PM PST by blackbart.223
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
I knew I had read that before on Chief Wiggles' site. I meant to FReepmail you and tell you: Job well done.

I'm not surprised the soldiers and Marines are sharing it. It sums up nicely in one place all they have accomplished. Great work.
11 posted on 01/10/2004 9:27:50 PM PST by Choose Ye This Day (Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only... (James 1:22))
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl; Bubba_Leroy
Thanks!
Bump and bookmarked.
12 posted on 01/10/2004 9:33:57 PM PST by Valin (We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
Because this is all a part of a vast ultra-extremist/neoconservative/religous-right plot.
13 posted on 01/10/2004 9:38:24 PM PST by Valin (We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.)
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To: Valin
bump
14 posted on 01/10/2004 10:00:12 PM PST by Coffee_drinker (No More Pearl Harbors)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Good news that makes me smile every time I read it. I'm glad our guys/girls have seen this one!

RC - I didn't realize YOU wrote that article!
(may I have your autograph?)

15 posted on 01/10/2004 10:08:46 PM PST by getgoing (Candle in the window 'till they are home.)
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To: getgoing
Lol, hugs for sharing the good stuff with me, too, J.
16 posted on 01/11/2004 4:50:53 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Was good to read it again six weeks later.

FR -- always first with the news!
17 posted on 01/11/2004 4:53:12 AM PST by RottiBiz ( Help end Freepathons -- become a monthly donor.)
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To: Bubba_Leroy
Thanks for posting this. It makes all the trouble seem more worthwhile. I hope the Iraqi people will realize someday what was done for them. I also want to state my appreciation to all of the United States military particularly those who have lost their lives and who have been injured facing the challenge of their injuries. Anyone reading this, please donate to the Disabled Veterans of America. There are a lot of guys and girls out there who need our help.
18 posted on 01/11/2004 5:00:25 AM PST by LoudRepublicangirl (loudrepublicangirl)
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To: getgoing
I called you "J" instead of "C"...convicted by "J.C." for not giving credit where the credit is due! (^:
19 posted on 01/11/2004 5:01:54 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
RC, more on our chaplain-sounds like a great guy:
Trading Blue Water for Green Thumbs Fighting 13th Pitches In On Oahu
Capt. Bill Pelletier KAILUA, Oahu -- Nestled high on a Hawai'ian mountainside, between heaven and heavenly beaches, sits St. Stephen's Monastery. The monastery is home to a group of Catholic nuns of the Carmelite order, many of whom came to Hawai'i from Southeast Asia decades ago following their calling to serve. Friday, they got a visit from another group that ended up in Hawai'i as part of its own calling. More than a dozen Marines and Sailors from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) visited the monastery Aug. 29 as part of a MEU-sponsored community relations project. The MEU, part of Expeditionary Strike Group-One, was in port for liberty and training through Sept. 3. The trip was organized by Lt. Karl Nielson, 13th MEU chaplain, who said the Marines and Sailors received a rare opportunity. "Very few people ever get to see the inside of a cloistered monastery," said Fr. Nielson, a Benedictine monk as well as an ordained priest. "So I think it was interesting as well as rewarding for them." The volunteer working party was led by one of the nuns, Sr. Teresita, down a path through stepped terraces and man-made ponds teeming with koi. At one point, the trees in the several-acre yard cleared and the crew had a postcard view of Kaneohe Bay below, while behind them, foliage-clad mountains provided an abrupt contrast. "We are very glad you're here, thank you for coming," said Sr. Teresita, pointing toward the end of the path, with a warning. "Down there are honeybees. Don't go!" The Marines ranged in rank from lance corporal to lieutenant colonel and represented Battalion Landing Team 1/1, MEU Service Support Group-13 and the MEU Command Element, all of them chopping, pulling, raking and hauling bags to clear the thick undergrowth that was choking the hillside. Lance Cpl. Erick James, a communications Marine, broadened his horizons that day. "It was a pretty nice experience, I never met a nun before," said the Houston native. "I was on my best behavior." The crew sweated under the tropical sun for two hours before taking a break for lunch. Then, they returned to the task for another hour before cleaning up, returning their tools to the shed and returning to USS PELELIU, docked in Pearl Harbor. MEU NBC Chief SSgt. Monica Brooks, who worked with foster children while stationed in Okinawa, said the spirit of service never gets old. "It's always cool to be out there and involved," said Brooks, an eight-year veteran. "Plus, it's good for the Marines to be out in the community instead of on working parties back on ship." The Navy made a good showing, with Nielson, RP2(FMF) Bien Duong, HM1(FMF) Dominique Reboya, and HM1(FMF) Keith Newsome joining the Devil Dogs. Duong said the entire experience was worth the effort and was a good way to get out without spending hard-earned money. "It was for a good cause, and besides, your sweat is free."
20 posted on 01/11/2004 5:56:45 AM PST by getgoing
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