Al-Jibouri also offered special words to the families of the 39 Americans who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the battle to save his city. "To the families of those who have given their holy blood for our land, we all bow to you in reverence for the souls of your loved ones," he wrote. "We see them in the smile of every child, and in every flower growing in this land."
No word yet on who will be giving the official Democratic Party rebuttal.
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02/20/2006 10:32:00 AM PST by
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I'm not sure that drawing those comparisons was a good thing.
President Bush has been trying to avoid the notion that we are there conducting a crusade.
35 posted on
02/20/2006 12:59:28 PM PST by
Luis Gonzalez
(Some people see the world as they would want it to be, effective people see the world as it is.)
To: dead
"Their savagery reached such a level that they stuffed the corpses of children with explosives and tossed them into the streets in order to kill grieving parents attempting to retrieve . . . their young," he added. Animals.
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02/20/2006 4:43:29 PM PST by
lowbridge
(I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming, like his passengers.)
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44 posted on
02/20/2006 4:43:59 PM PST by
lowbridge
(I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming, like his passengers.)
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An Iraqi mayor has written a dramatic letter to the commander of coalition forces, praising U.S. troops as "lion hearts" and "knights" for liberating his city from al Qaeda terrorists. The emotional letter from gallant Tal' Afar Mayor Najim Abdullah Abid Al-Jibouri to Gen. George Casey is circulating among military families over the Internet and has created a surge of pride in troops.
Al-Jibouri's letter calls soldiers of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, who carried out recent anti-terrorist operations in Tal' Afar "lion hearts," who "bristle with the confidence of knights in a bygone era."
45 posted on
02/20/2006 5:43:44 PM PST by
Calpernia
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GREAT article!! Thanks for the post!!
46 posted on
02/20/2006 7:18:53 PM PST by
StarCMC
(Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
To: dead
"We see them in the smile of every child, and in every flower growing in this land."
"Where have all the soldiers, gone? Long time passing ... Gone to flowers, every one ..."
Who knew?
52 posted on
02/21/2006 6:24:34 AM PST by
NicknamedBob
(Islamists say we shouldn't make a mockery of religion -- funny, that's the problem I have with them!)
To: dead
I hope he didn't compare them to Richard the Lionheart and call them "crusading knights". Odd.
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02/21/2006 5:22:21 PM PST by
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