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U.S Marine Protects Afghan Man & Child (photos)
yahoo/Reuters ^
| February 13, 2010
Posted on 02/17/2010 6:13:55 PM PST by nuconvert
A U.S. Marine from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, takes aim as he tries to protect an Afghan man and his child after Taliban fighters opened fire in the town of Marjah, in Nad Ali district, Helmand province, February 13, 2010.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; gwot; marines; marjah; usmc
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:13:55 PM PST
by
nuconvert
To: nuconvert
May God be with this young hero and protect him as he selfishly protects others and “US”
Please God protect all of our brave men and women who put their lives on the line to protect us all
To: nuconvert
When the border wars begin you can repost the pictures under the headline “Marine Protects Mexican and Child During Border Skirmish.”
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:17:31 PM PST
by
Feline_AIDS
(Boop boop hoop yeah!)
To: nuconvert
A perfect example of the US Marines are made of. May God watch over him and bring him back to his family unharmed.
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:19:30 PM PST
by
LottieDah
(If only those who speak so eloquently on the rights of animals would do so on behalf the unborn)
To: BornToBeAmerican
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:20:18 PM PST
by
Gene Eric
(Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
To: nuconvert
God bless our troops. I pray for their safety every night.
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:22:15 PM PST
by
LuKing
To: Feline_AIDS
Your comment - Class, pointless and irrelevant
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:24:13 PM PST
by
pfflier
To: nuconvert
We’re the good guys! Take that all you left-wing-American-hating code-pink morons.
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:25:08 PM PST
by
rbosque
(11 year Freeper! Combat Economist.)
To: Gene Eric
Thanks, wrong word Very much wrong word
To: nuconvert
These pics were in a thread a couple weeks ago about something else.I can’t remember what though.
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:27:25 PM PST
by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
To: philetus
“These pics were in a thread a couple weeks ago about something else.I can’t remember what though.”
So, you’re saying that they aren’t from the Marjah battle?
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:32:04 PM PST
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: BornToBeAmerican
unselfishly
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:32:51 PM PST
by
B4Ranch
(Should people be questioning their government? Yes and "Where's the birth certificate?")
To: nuconvert
There will be one Afghan family who is pro-American.
Little by little.....
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:36:39 PM PST
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: nuconvert
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:40:04 PM PST
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: BornToBeAmerican
And please let them have a country left when their tour of duty is over.
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:40:39 PM PST
by
353FMG
(Save the Planet -- Eliminate Socialism)
To: Feline_AIDS
You are absolutely correct and absolutely politically incorrect.
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:43:09 PM PST
by
Candor7
(((The effective weapons against Oba- Fascism are ridicule, derision , truth (.Member NRA)))
To: nuconvert
I’m saying I can’t remember what it was.
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:44:48 PM PST
by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
To: nuconvert
How come the guy looks so clean?
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:52:35 PM PST
by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
To: nuconvert
Oh my God! These pictures illustrate everything good in our country yet at the same time what vicious, disgusting liars the libs are. Murtha must be burning in hell.
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:59:28 PM PST
by
joesjane
(The strength of the pack is the wolf - Rudyard Kipling)
To: pfflier
Not trying to draw a lecture or pick a fight, but what do you mean by “class?” Pointless and irrelevant—of course.
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posted on
02/17/2010 7:05:33 PM PST
by
Feline_AIDS
(Boop boop hoop yeah!)
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