Posted on 01/11/2005 6:39:42 PM PST by GoldenOrchid
I heard this story about a month ago.
Yes, I had heard this story before but I personally have not run it through Snopes to see if it is true.
This is not true. Notice there is no name associated with the person who is claiming that this happened.
It has been posted quite a few times already.
This reminds me of a story one of the soldiers told us last week. They were on a convoy somewhere in Iraq. There was one soldier who handed out little stuffed monkey toys to the little kids. As the convoy was moving along, there was a little Iraqi girl, about 5, sitting in in middle of the road, in the way of the convoy. They stopped and asked their leader what they should do. They were told to just drive around her. As the last vehicle was maneuvering around her, the soldier who handed out the toy monkeys was in that vehicle, and told the driver to stop, because that little girl was holding one of his toys. He got out, walked up to her, and she started pointing to the ground next to her, just crying. He got one of the people who check for ied's and sure enough, there was one buried right next to her. This little girl saved some soldiers that day.
A FRiend of mine sent this story to me in an e-mail. Wonderful story. Glad to know about Canadian Free Press.
A great story nonetheless.
I have 20 teddy bears I will be sending to Operation Crayon. 10 will go next week, and 10 two weeks after that. Plus, I will be sending 11 beanie babies and 1 teddy bear tomorrow. I got them courtesy of Freepers JustAmy and FriendAnn in Fresno.
I saw it this morning. On an earlier thread.
What's the address to Operation Crayon, or whom would I ask?
This article was posted a couple days back, but that's ok.
It is nice to hear a good news story. I can picture the little sweet girl, wide eyed, holding her teddy bear. Love has no bounderies. Perhaps some day that little girl will run for public office, perhaps be a doctor, whatever. Then again, perhaps she will tackle the job of child rearing.
As far as good things coming out of Canada. Despite the things over the years that have come between the stars and stripes and the oak leaf. Surely there is a close to permenant bond.
To many same ideals to seperate the two countries. Party ideologies change. Long lasting bonds of training and fighting world wars, and hold sacred many democratic ideals amoung them freedom for all, tend to bond nations. As many in the lower 48 see so many wrongs in our country and hope for refreshing new beginnings, I am sure when it is all said and done, we wish the same for our partners to our north.
1) This email is from an FSO who just returned from several days in Banda Aceh:The sailors on the Lincoln also put together their own money to buy toys and stuffed animals from the ship's store, which they brought to the USAID/IOM tent. They were given to children who were brought in.
An IOM worker pointed out one 15-year-old girl hugging one of the stuffed bears. The worker explained that she had no one to hug, as she had lost all of her family, but at least she could hug the bear.
We went over to talk to her for a while. Attached to the bear was a note:
"With love, from YN2 Arellano, USS Abraham Lincoln"
I hope that Yeoman Arellano knows that through this small act, he has brought some measure of comfort into a young girl's life.
"I have 20 teddy bears I will be sending to Operation Crayon. 10 will go next week, and 10 two weeks after that. Plus, I will be sending 11 beanie babies and 1 teddy bear tomorrow."
I have read articles at the Marine OIF site and elsewhere on occasions where as our soldiers and Marines go to towns, hamlets, and hand out toys, pencils,paper, books, silly erasers, candy, rebuild or fix up their school houses and medical clinics, that often is mentioned the adults peer on with approval and "kind gestures", un-afraid.
Every little thing sent for the small ones cannot help but continue helping many Iraqi's get over the idea that we are their to conquere them or worse. Perhaps one of your "little gifts of love" sent over there will lead to yet another Iraqi child or adult pointing to some bad guys and result in their capture. Goodness prevents darkness from taking hold if dished out in good measures.
Great story.
I hope you're right! Thanks!
teddybearHYPHENclutching Iraqi girl!
the original headline conjures a TRULY surreal image.
I've been seeing some great posts from them lately. Good to see some Caadians are on the side of the angels.
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