Mountains of baby food stashed in secret warehouses - Troops help with babies

yahoo.com ^ | April 9, 2003 | AP, Reuters

[Cincinatus' Wife]

British Army Cpt. Richard Clare, 27, from Falmouth, is seen with stockpiles of tea and sugar found in a warehouse in Zubayr, Iraq, near Basra, Saturday, April 5, 2003. British troops have found thousands of tons of supplies stashed inside secret warehouses on the southern side of Basra. Mountains of baby food, sugar and tea have all been discovered. (AP Photo/Brian Roberts, Pool)

A British Army medic from 1 CS Medical regiment inspects a baby sleeping in a cardboard box in one the villages south of Basra, March 26, 2003. Heavy fighting raged in south and central Iraq on Wednesday and at least 15 Iraqi civilians were killed in a Baghdad street by what may have been an errant U.S. missile.REUTERS/POOL/Dan Chung

Navy medic HM3 Michael Smith of Saint Louis Missouri (R) with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Fox Company 'Raiders' treats an Iraqi baby for a breathing infection in the town of Nassiriya in central Iraq April 3, 2003. U.S. troops pushed to within 10 km (six miles) of the southern edge of Baghdad on Thursday, and were preparing to fight for control of the city's airport, U.S. officials said. Elements of four elite Iraqi Republican Guard Divisions were reported to be moving south to defend the city, but U.S. officials reported no direct engagement with the Iraqi troops. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan

Medical battallion Chief Hospital Corpsman David Jones from New York, of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), holds a newborn Iraqi baby in the town of Nassiriya, April 2, 2003. Doctors supporting U.S. Marine combat operations in Iraq had to brush up their child delivery skills on Wednesday when a young Iraqi woman, Jamila Katham, was brought to their base and gave birth to a six-pound baby girl, U.S. Marine surgeons said. The baby, Katham's first child, has been named Rogenia. The mother and child, both said to be doing well, were given food, water and bandages and were later driven home in a U.S. military ambulance. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan

U.S. Army Spc. Kenneth Clark from Woodward, Okla., puffs up his cheeks like the baby he was handed while being welcomed by Iraqis in Baghdad today. The soldiers from the A Company 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment took over a section of northern Baghdad under sporadic rocket and small arms fire from irregular Iraqi forces. (AP Photo/John Moore)

[the Deejay]

"Wicked, wicked regime....AND their friends on the Left who always claim to be 'for the children'......"

May they ALL rot in hell for eternity.

[Gummi Bear]

Does the UN expect us to believe that they didn't know Saddam was doing this?

IMO the UN shouldn't even be involved in humanitarian aid -- they are unqualified!

I totally agree. I know it will still happen, but I don't know how we can ever trust them to do the right thing EVER.

[the Deejay]

"So Ritter just didn't do anything about it?"

Of course not. He was getting payola from saddam as well as Blix and the whole of the UN. They weren't going to check up on the food situation or anything else. (This has been very plain to me for a very long time.)

[tiki]

Thank you for posting those verses. May it ever be so for the USA.

[Henrietta]

I absolutely adore that photo! My heart just soared this morning, watching the Iraqis drag the downed statue of Saddam through the streets, cheering. It means that children like this sweetie in the photo don't have to live in fear of Saddam and his cronies.

Just puts a big lump in my throat!

[sine_nomine]

You are welcome. God bless our troops.

[Slyfox]

I can't help but remember all the WWII films where the women feared being raped by the conquering Russian soldiers.

American soldiers are really beautiful.

[apackof2]

French architect, Jacques Barriere, has been commissioned to design the structure

Gee ,what a surprise!

[GretchenEE]

bump!

[Starboard]

Does this mean that HM3 Smith is a Republican?

If so, he would have to be considered a compassionate conservative!

On a serious note, these were very touching images.

[Vic3O3]

picture ping!

[GretchenEE]

bump

[spectre]

I can't get over how beautiful the Iraqi children are. The pictures of the children and adults on FOX give me hope that the Iraqi people appreciate our efforts and the dawn of a new era of Freedom after decades of Saddam's torture. God Bless our Troops, President Bush and Tony Blair.

sw

[StarFan]

Come on over with tissues in hand.

[valkyrieanne]

But ... but ... but I thought the sanctions were supposed to be the reason Iraqis were starving...

[Irish Eyes]

Thank you for your post. I had nerver seen this information all in one place.

[mewzilla]

I love that picture.

[Howlin]

Me, too!

[Maigrey]

Double Ditto Bump.

Hey Twinkie, Check out this thread! -BST

[azGOPgal]

Thanks for the ping, sis. All of these pictures of our troops with the Iraqis young and old are absolutely priceless. What an amazing day it has been today. Can it get any better than this?