Posted on 07/20/2005 6:09:04 PM PDT by SandRat
CAMP TIGERLAND, Iraq, July 20, 2005 — Iraqi Army soldiers and Task Force Baghdad soldiers distributed frozen chickens to local residents in the community July 12.
“This humanitarian assistance operation will continue to build the relationship between the people and the Iraqi Army. It also discredits terrorists who are operating in that area and denying the people basic services,” U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jim Blackburn
The U.S. soldiers assigned to the 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, and Iraqi soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Iraqi Army Brigade delivered 1,200 chickens to about 600 families in Abu Mannaser in western Abu Ghraib.
“The people of this area were very appreciative of the humanitarian assistance provided today,” said U.S. Army 1st Lt. Minh Nguyen, a 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment platoon leader from Victorville, Calif.
“The Iraqi Army continues to become well-rehearsed in both tactical and humanitarian missions,” said Lt. Col. Jim Blackburn, from Washington, Pa., 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Commander. “This humanitarian assistance operation will continue to build the relationship between the people and the Iraqi Army. It also discredits terrorists who are operating in that area and denying the people basic services.”
Other U.S. units participating were 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 156th Infantry Regiment; 1st Battalion, 156th Armor Regiment; 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment; and 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, all of the 256th Brigade Combat Team
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Tommorrow's headline: "Freedom fighters blow up Iraqi and U.S. soldiers as they hand out food to hungry children". Clerics silent.
Well it's a nice thing to do but wouldn't it be better to give them chicks and let then raise their own?
One stomach at a time/ One step at a time. One heart at a time.
Hopefully, eventually, they won't need the handouts and they can grow their own food and become completely independent.
We will know things are normal in Iraq when we do see KFC, McDonald's, and Pizza Hut opening franchises in Baghdad and Mosul. Then the libbies will really start wailing and gnashing their teeth about the ruination of Iraq!
On a related note, I read somewhere that the biggest Chuck E. Cheese in the world is located in Jeddah.
http://www.chuckecheeses-sa.com/index/about
I checked out the link. They've got a copy of the menu that's served at the Jeddah Chuck E. Cheese. There's an Italian sub on it!
The menu didn't look modified to me either. They also give out the same "prizes" of plastic junk worth the grand sum of $0.99 (redeemed for $20.00 worth of game tickets).
http://www.chuckecheeses-sa.com/index/photo10
"Dinner time" kind of news....Ahem...I mean , very nice!
the kids might be saved but the adult looks like if they had a grenaide they would pull the pin
They've been doing that too, but the militants take them away or kill them. This gives immediate assistance to those who have no way of providing for themselves because the bad guys keep robbing them blind. There will be time for giving them chicks when the bad guys are rounded up.
I know....LOL! Funny too
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