[Diogenesis]

AMERICA ROCKS

One finger of one America hero exceeds the entire moral weight of the UN and EU.

[Princess G]

God Bless America, our valient troops, and God Bless you Dio for all of your stupendous photos....

[Nefertiti]

On behalf of myself and a handful of other military spouse's who have read this post and were brought to tears... Thank you.

From Ft. Bragg, North Carolina

[Gracey]

The pictures are AWESOME just AWESOME.

We can't thank you enough Dio.

Can you add me to your ping a ling, please?

[firewalk]

bttt

[manna]

Bump.

[lsee]

Iraqi line dancing! Cool! Can you hear the music?

Don't tell my heart
my achy breaky heart.
I just don't think he'd understand.
And if you tell my heart
my achy breaky heart
might blow up and kill this man.

Oh, wait...Baath guys don't HAVE hearts in the first place...Must be a different song.

[Justice]

Amazing how similar they seem.

[Soaring Feather]

Thank You.

[PhilDragoo]

Diogenesis, your photo journal always makes the monitor foggy.

Never stop.

Sergeant Danny Morgan of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps
sits with his exposives sniffer dog Buster after playing
fetch with an assault rifle magazine at their base in
southern Iraq (news - web sites) April 1, 2003. Buster, a
Springer Spaniel, was hailed the hero of a British Army raid
on an Iraqi stronghold earlier in the day in which he
uncovered a huge hidden cache of arms in Safwan.
REUTERS/POOL/Nick Parker-The Sun

Some of the arms seized from local homes by U.S.-led forces,
including up to two dozen Russian-designed RPG (rocket-propelled
grenade) launchers (in the foreground), are seen in the port town of
Umm Qasr in southern Iraq (news - web sites), April 1, 2003.
REUTERS/POOL/Tom Whitehead

An A-10 fighter with the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing takes off from a
forward-deployed location Saturday March 29,2003 for a mission into
Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Senior Airman JoAnn S. Makinano)

Tue Apr 1, 2:02 AM ET Flight deck catapult operators give the signal to launch an F/A-18C
Hornet during night operations on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Kitty Hawk
in the Gulf, Sunday, March 30, 2003. Planes from the ship continued to
fly missions over Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Mate 3rd Class
Todd Frantom/MOD/Pool)

[Valin]

In Baghdad, at the Baath telecommunications building.

Closed for repair.

[nutmeg]

Awesome pics ping!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my infrequent ping list.

[eyespysomething]

The leader of the "Bridge Rescue", I believe his rank is LTC. Cris Carter, is a childhood friend of my hubby. He was floored when he saw him on TV, introduced him as "LTC Cris Carter of Watkinsville GA". My in-laws have talked to his parents, and they were thrilled to not only get to see their son, but to get to see him in such a heroic way!

[McGavin999]

Won't be long now Diogenesis, all those people will soon be safe and free. I'm just so proud of the troops, they are doing a magnificent job.

[cavador]

Thank you Dio,great pictures.

I have been playing the pc video game"Battlefield 1942" and in the mission "Operation Market Garden" there is a bridge exactly like this one in the game.Maybe it's a coincidence I played this mission exactly at the time the coalition took this bridge.(Altough in real life it is NOT a game. In real life people die.)

[harpo11]

Diogenesis, thank you for your posts, pics, and ping!

I cannot tell you enough of how I'm just beaming in pride for the courage, boldness and magnificent success of the coalition troops and our USA troops. My family's thoughts and prayers are being sent to these brave boys and girls.