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New Orleans Times-Picayune ^ | 8/12/03 | James Varney

Posted on 08/23/2003 10:15:13 AM PDT by saquin

Edited on 07/14/2004 12:59:55 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

There's fighting . . . and then there's fighting. Iraqis and Marines bond at ringside, beside the Tigris River.

AL KUT, IRAQ -- The war, thankfully, hasn't hit this city hard, but it was still the U.S. Marines who provided the main event.


(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alkut; goodnews; iraq; usmc


1 posted on 08/23/2003 10:15:13 AM PDT by saquin
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To: saquin
Soldier, ya did us proud!!!
2 posted on 08/23/2003 10:23:21 AM PDT by bullseye1911
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To: saquin
GREAT ARTICLE!
3 posted on 08/23/2003 10:23:54 AM PDT by Pokey78
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To: saquin
Damned good for a piano player who had never had on a pair of gloves before.

So9

4 posted on 08/23/2003 10:26:26 AM PDT by Servant of the Nine (A Goldwater Republican)
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To: Pokey78
Nice bod!!
5 posted on 08/23/2003 10:27:51 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: saquin
I fought one, one, amateur fight when I was 15( I don't think leather had been invented yet).

It was a boy's camp v. boys camp thing. I didn't train after all, dance around a little throw your fists. What could be so tiring about that?

I found out real quickly, those 3 minutes seemed like hours.

Boxing has to be one of, if not the most physically demanding of all sports. Aside from being pummeled

A salute to this youg man.

6 posted on 08/23/2003 3:01:16 PM PDT by Vinnie
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