A Scots officer helps an Iraqi child try on a pair of shoes. Posted on 12/01/2004 12:58:53 AM PST by M. Espinola
The majority in the mass-media only wish the general public to view the chaos, evil & even tragic deaths of Coalition troops caused by Islamic terrorists via 'homicide' car bombings, triggered by demented, death driven mad men. Free Iraqis are also putting their lives on the line everyday in their brave service in the Iraqi Army & police forces. It's high time the public is shown Coalition forces for all the various humanitarian assistance they have been offering the normal freedom loving people of Iraq. The very real sacrifice Coalition troops are making every day of the week will be shown here frequently. If there are those which would like to pool photo research just drop me a line. ========================================================================
A Scots officer helps an Iraqi child try on a pair of shoes.
British soldiers delivered children's shoes donated by St Bede's RC School, in Bedlington near Newcastle, and toys donated by Manor Park School, Worcester, to young Iraqi children in Umm Qasr on 30 November 2004
/center> Children at an Umm Qasr school, while receiving gifts & shoes donated by English schools.
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A female Czech soldier distributes gifts to young Iraqi girls at the reopening of a school in Basrah following refurbishmen.
A Royal Military Police Sergeant celebrates the reopening of a school in Basrah where she led a $10,000 refurbishment project.
A Royal Military Policewoman helps hand out toys to the children
Royal Engineers assist Iraqi electrical power maintenance workers assess the repairs needed to power lines in southern Iraq.
An Army Air Corps Sergeant-Major in one of fifteen schools, the reconstruction and refurbishment of which he has supervised over a three month period under the Quick Impact Project programme to deliver rapid help to key areas of Iraqi life.
One of the babies enjoys a little fussing from a Fusilier. Families of the Regiment at home in the UK and Germany donated toys for the clinic's waiting areas. The health centre cares for a district of 30,000.
The gifts are handed out at a school in Umm Qasr by soldiers from 23 Pioneer Regiment.
A Grenadier Guardsman, attached to the 1st Battalion, Irish Guards, talks with local people during a patrol of the Basrah waterfront.
23 Pioneer Regiment register civilian fire fighters in Umm Qasr.
Here's my best guess -- the ones dressed so as to mock America and it's traditions are Democrats who signed up to get the free education and bennys and this is how they can protest.
um, what did that kid in the middle dip her hand into!?!
:-O
Thanks for the pictures! You asked about the Dutch captions... Here are translations:
Maybe I accidentally uttered some "magic words", but my phone call got routed to
an admin. assistant in OU's football dept. who at least seemed to be pretty excited at the
report of "FOB Kalsu".
I even got an e-mail address and fired off a short narrative of how
"FOB Kalsu" surfaced here, plus my little bit of "fact-checking" with the
URLs for this thread, globalsecurity.com and for the contact with the MP unit
in NY.
I've got the cautiously optomistic feeling that this story might at least get
honorable mention when the Kalsu award is handed out at the OU sports banquet
in a week or so.
Cool. I sent an email as well; let's hope that between the two of us we've talked to the right person.
What heroes are in our coalition and what beautiful children the Iraqis have. May things continue to improve and those become a torch of freedom in the middle east and have a homeland they can be proud of as a jewel in that region.
Made my day :-)
(Postive, upbeat, good news for a change.)
(Thanks, Fred Nerks)
Thanks for the ping!
My first thought was that it was Halloween and they were just having a little fun.
God bless the coalition!
Great pix ~ Good job ~ Bump!
DOH! I forgot about Halloween. Makes perfect sense. Thanks.
Well I did note the 101st Airborne for one,
Then there is the US sniper mis-identified as a Pole.
Point of this being a great post is that we typically only get to see US forces doing various types of combat ops. Seeing coalition and local national forces in the mix, and seeing schools opening and bridges built, comes as a treat.
excellant pictures.
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It's great to see that there are good things happening out there however small. Bad things may happen but it only takes one act of goodness to save the world.
Great Pictures. Got anymore/know where I can see some more?
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