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BBC / YouTube - US troops in dramatic rescue
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Posted on 06/23/2007 11:08:55 AM PDT by J.J.P.

Video

US soldiers rescue a pregnant woman as they patrol the volatile border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; baby; bbc; oef; pregnant; rescue; troops
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To: RightWhale

Awesome. That kind of thing goes on all the time. Our military is the best in the world, but it takes the BBC to put the word out? Very sad, indeed. You won’t see ANY of this on America’s alphabet networks.


61 posted on 06/23/2007 5:24:02 PM PDT by Just Lori (There is nothing "democratic" about Democrats.)
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To: Texaggie79; J.J.P.; All
Neato vid. Breaking news though???

Yes. The poster didn't put it there, but since IMHO it rated maximum visibility, I did.

62 posted on 06/23/2007 5:29:19 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: plain talk; RightWhale
If something of interest is posted at You-Tube or elsewhere I think it's great to post that link here so we can all post commentary. That is the purpose of Free Republic from my view point.

That is exactly right. FR gets news from just about every source out there. If it's interesting, people respond. If not, oh well. At least it's there. FR is so much more than a blog site. It's a place where we pull information from every corner to understand what's going on around the globe.

63 posted on 06/23/2007 5:30:48 PM PDT by Just Lori (There is nothing "democratic" about Democrats.)
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To: RightWhale

Being a conservative DOES NOT mean you close your eyes to another view, and MOST DEFINITELY does NOT try to attempt to block or silence another view.

It’s not “Our way or the highway”. That’s the Dems deal.


64 posted on 06/23/2007 5:36:32 PM PDT by Just Lori (There is nothing "democratic" about Democrats.)
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To: RightWhale
FR has a political mission and doesn’t need to link to aesthetic channels.

According to YOU. That sounds too much like liberal thinking.

65 posted on 06/23/2007 5:42:08 PM PDT by Just Lori (There is nothing "democratic" about Democrats.)
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To: Admin Moderator

It’s your call.

To me, it kind of makes FR look desperate. Our troops are doing stuff like that all the time over in the Middle East, and when all the lurkers see us go crazy over one little news story about it, it probably helps them justify their belief that we are doing mostly bad things over there and when the rare case of the US doing good comes up we exploit the hell out of it.


66 posted on 06/23/2007 6:11:26 PM PDT by Texaggie79 (www.cannonblodder.com)
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To: RightWhale
FR has a political mission Ya, so we link to and discuss all things political. Which is exactly what this thread is doing.
67 posted on 06/23/2007 6:18:38 PM PDT by Texaggie79 (www.cannonblodder.com)
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To: Texaggie79
Our troops are doing stuff like that all the time over in the Middle East...

And getting far too little credit in the press. This is an outstanding exception.

...it probably helps them justify their belief that we are doing mostly bad things over there and when the rare case of the US doing good comes up we exploit the hell out of it.

Bozos like that will believe the worst anyway, so (bleep) em.

68 posted on 06/23/2007 6:19:49 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: pabianice
... shot in the stomach, probably by a relative trying to kill her baby...

Yes, yet that is not the focus of the BBC reporter's report, as it should be. IMHO.

This report has little to do with the GWOT or fighting UBL, but everything to do with Muslim men's misogynistic/barbaric treatment of women.

If they tried treating their women better, they might reap the rewards, and not be so inclined to detonate themselves for 72 imaginary virgins...

69 posted on 06/23/2007 6:40:30 PM PDT by DTogo (I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
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To: J.J.P.; All

I wish Freerepublic had a way to upload videos, until then we’ll just have to settle with websites like youtube. I put lots of videos about illegal immigration on youtube for keeparkansaslegal.


70 posted on 06/23/2007 6:49:42 PM PDT by pulaskibush (USA, founded by tolerant Christians. USSR, founded by intolerant Secularist.)
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To: sono; RasterMaster; Fudd Fan; saveliberty; eeevil conservative; HonestConservative; defconw; ...

ping


71 posted on 06/23/2007 7:10:11 PM PDT by AliVeritas (America, love it or leave it.)
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To: eleni121

This is probably why you’ve noticed a tone shift at the BBC.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852951/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851916/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852087/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852353/posts


72 posted on 06/23/2007 7:15:01 PM PDT by BillyZoom
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To: BillyZoom

Yes thanks.

Don’t get me wrong...the BBCheat still plays with the truth and slants the facts toward the left.

It seems though that more people are admitting this.

Good.


73 posted on 06/23/2007 7:21:21 PM PDT by eleni121 (+ En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great)
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To: J.J.P.

Thank you SO much for posting this video. I almost couldn’t believe my eyes or ears that the BBC put the piece together and had so many nice things to say about our contribution.


74 posted on 06/23/2007 7:21:54 PM PDT by NordP (The greatest gift God can give us is LIFE. The greatest gift man can give to another is FREEDOM.)
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To: RightWhale

“As a subscriber to dialup, I have no interest in Internet video”

I felt the same way 8 years ago.


75 posted on 06/23/2007 8:45:29 PM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0 (The Republican party of today is the Whig party of the 1850's.)
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To: RightWhale

There’s tons of good stuff on You Tube and Live Leak. A picture is worth a thousand words and a video is worth ten times that. If we can use it to illustrate our point then it’s useful to our cause.


76 posted on 06/23/2007 9:53:07 PM PDT by saganite (Billions and billions and billions----and that's just the NASA budget!)
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To: Admin Moderator

AMEN!


77 posted on 06/23/2007 11:46:23 PM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: J.J.P.

The narrator refers to the US military as “the mightiest army in the world.” And this vidio proves our military’s strength is not only in their skill, courage, and power in force, but also in the size of their hearts. Surprisingly for the BBC, the video also shows one soldier saying that after 9/11, the terrorists didn’t just pack up and say “our job is done” and quit; that’s why we’re in Iraq and Afghanistan. Nicely done.


78 posted on 06/24/2007 12:17:28 AM PDT by hsalaw
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To: AliVeritas

Thanks, AliVeritas.

Did you see this?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=463690&in_page_id=1811


79 posted on 06/24/2007 1:54:14 AM PDT by saveliberty (Prayer blizzard for Tony and Jill Snow and their family.)
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To: RightWhale

Reading disappear!! Are you kidding? How will we read our e-mail? ; > )


80 posted on 06/24/2007 2:40:50 AM PDT by rimtop56
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