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Letter from Baghdad
Washington Times ^
| September 2, 2003
| Ken Joseph Jr.
Posted on 09/05/2003 2:28:46 PM PDT by FreepForever
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:40:38 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- I have been shocked at the difference between the Baghdad I found on my return and all the bad news from the city.
Despite the recent bombings, Baghdad looks dramatically different. The stores are full of supplies. The streets are crowded with people and cars. The buses are working and police are on the streets, directing traffic.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: baghdad; goodnews; iraq; iraqichristians; kennethjoseph
Rev. Ken Joseph Jr., an Assyrian, who initially was against the war, was so shocked at his experiences while in Iraq before the war as one of the few allowed in without government "minders," he changed his mind. Following the war, Rev. Joseph brought in the first post-war refugee truck with 20 tons of water, food, medicine and satellite telephones, and continues to assist on the ground in Iraq.
To: FreepForever
bump
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09/05/2003 2:34:19 PM PDT
by
snopercod
(And if it is a despot you would dethrone, see first that his throne erected within you is destroyed.)
To: FreepForever
--only 20% on Saddams "gravy train"--? We probably have a bigger percentage of public service parasites here at home---
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09/05/2003 2:54:59 PM PDT
by
rellimpank
(Stop immigration now!)
To: rellimpank
we have not sealed the borders because we want them to come in... better for them to come at us then us to try and find them..
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