Please don't mess with puppies.
Still trying to figure out who killed Buddy?
Sure looks and sounds fake. Reminds me of the fake video where a baby gets kicked by grandma.
I'll wait until they expose whoever these guys are before making a judgement...
Information about the alleged “thrower” here:
http://theprogressivetruth.blogspot.com/2008/03/us-marine-murders-puppy.html
I have a hard time believing the video is not fake, but I will await actual confirmation.
America’s shame? One idiot loser treats a dog (probably like his girl friend or wife) and the rest of us must share his guilt?
There was a very long and heated thread on 4chan regarding this incident yesterday. Some said the dog was already dead and the yelping sounds were dubbed in.
IRAQI CHILDREN GET NEW WHEELS
By Sgt. 1st Class Kerensa Hardy, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Dec 14, 2007 - 1:17:55 PM
CAMP STRIKER, Iraq - Fifteen Iraqi children can now get around a little easier thanks to the new wheels they received at the Radwaniyah Palace Complex Civil-Military Operations Center Dec. 13.
Rakkasan medics from 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), assembled the chairs that were donated by an organization called Wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids.
The wheelchairs were given to disabled children who 1-33rd Cav. Regt. Soldiers encountered while conducting patrols. Company A, 478th Civil Affairs Company, 3rd Civil Affairs Battalion, attached to 1-33rd Cav. Regt., coordinated transportation and helped fit the children with the chairs at the Civil-Military Operations Center.
“I can’t imagine what it must be like having to carry your child around from place to place,” said Capt. James Phillips, 1-33rd Cav. Regt. battalion surgeon. “I’m just glad we were able to do something to help.”
Some of the children’s conditions have yet to be officially diagnosed, but they all require assistance getting around. Without sufficient medical care and no means to get necessary help, the wheelchair donations were a blessing to the families of these handicapped children.
Phillips said it was a little heartbreaking to see children who, in some cases, were teenagers and just getting their first wheelchairs, but he was glad to see their quality of life improve.
“This is a great feeling that you help our kids,” said Ihsaa Hadi, whose 13-year-old son received a wheelchair. Hadi had a hard time expressing his gratitude and said he hadn’t realized the U.S. Army could help him like this.
Noor Mustafa, 7-years-old, has limited use of her legs. She was orphaned when her parents passed away and is now in the care of her aunt. “It’s a wonderful feeling to have the wheelchair,” said Madoor, Noor’s aunt. “I always have to carry her from place to place; now I have this wheelchair.”
While giving handicapped children a means to get around may seem like a reward in itself, the founder of Wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids, Brad Blauser, said it’s also a means of supporting the troops on the ground. “I can’t provide a wheelchair for every child in Iraq but I encourage the Army to use these for their strategic advantage … to win the hearts and minds of the people who will help (them) the most.”
In 2005, he helped get wheelchairs sent to the Mosul area and said it resulted in less attacks on U.S. Soldiers operating in the area.
“If you help an adult, their family really appreciates it,” said Blauser, from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. “If you help a small child it touches the heart of the whole community.”
Two years ago Blauser had people sending care packages and study Bibles for deployed troops, but they wanted to do more. He went to a friend and asked how people could do more. “Wheelchairs for children, we see a lot of children … who drag themselves on the ground,” was his friend’s reply.
The friend, then Maj. David Brown, had watched an Iraqi boy struggle with a wheelchair that was too big and therefore useless to him. “He wanted to be able to help the boy but he didn’t know how,” Blauser said. “I put an e-mail out and within 30 days we had 31 kids’ wheelchairs on the ground.”
With that, Wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids was born. Wheels for the World, Wheels of Love and Reach Out and Care Wheels, along with individual contributors, are responsible for the success of Blauser’s brainchild.
The chairs handed out Dec. 13 were sent by www.ROCwheels.org, an organization that makes specialty high-quality pediatric wheelchairs designed for use in developing nations.
Blauser, who is the Kellog, Brown & Root theater safety manager for Leir Seigler, Inc., has been in Iraq for three years and says his work here is not done. To date, he has been the impetus for 250 wheelchairs, 4,500 study Bibles and 1,500 care packages that have been sent to Iraq.
Realizing that he won’t be in Iraq forever, Blauser said he wants to continue supporting the troops any way he can - the wheelchairs are just one avenue. “There is so much good that could be done here, I honestly don’t know how I can go home,” he said.
What kind of accent does the puppy thrower have? At the end it sounds Canadian, eh?
US TROOPS CONNECT IRAQI CHILDREN WITH HEALTH PROGRAM
NASR WA SALAM — As reconciliation efforts decrease sectarian violence here between Sunnis and Shi’ites, other challenges still exist, such as connecting the Ministry of Health (MOH) with Iraqi children in need of specialized medical care.
Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 21st Stryker Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, along with their battalion surgeon, recently took one more step in connecting the Iraqi people with their new government at a public health clinic in the small village of Nasr Wa Salam, west of Baghdad, by introducing the people to one of the government’s new programs.
“The overall intent of reconciliation with physicians is to work with the Ministry of Health,” said Maj. Jason Davis, a Killeen, Texas, native, who serves as the 1-21 Inf. Battalion’s surgeon. “One of the programs is the National Iraqi Assistance Center (NIAC).
“(The NIAC) is a non-profit organization run by the Iraqi government,” Davis said. “It basically sponsors Iraqi children under the age of 16 who have severe medical problems and can’t get care here, so they can go out to other countries to get the care for free.”
“We’re trying to bridge the gap between the MOH and the local people, so that’s what we did today,” said 1st Lt. Shawn Skinner, a San Diego, Calif., native, who serves as the assistant civil military operations officer for 1-21.
The beginning phase of getting care under the NIAC program is determining if a child is eligible for assistance.
“This morning, I was evaluating the children to make sure they were appropriate for NIAC,” Davis said, “and telling the families their role.”
While at the clinic in Nasr Wa Salam, Davis took part in examining three children who could possibly benefit from the NIAC program.
The first child, a 5-year-old boy, suffered from a broken leg, which was a result of a rare bone defect that makes his bones much weaker than an average child and thus susceptible to easy fracturing. The other two children, one less than a year old and the other approximately 7 years old, both had congenital heart defects, Davis said.
“They both have heart problems, which would not allow them to live as long as they normally would,” he added.
Due to the severity of their conditions, the children’s cases have been documented and prepared for the next step of the program’s process, which will take them to the NIAC office in Baghdad to arrange for travel, Davis said.
“Once the paper work comes through, we’re going to escort the kids to Baghdad for treatment,” said Skinner.
While their diagnoses warrant acceptance into the program, conditions must be met. If the conditions are not met, they may not receive the treatment they need.
Part of the conditions for Iraqi families to partake in the program requires them to provide $1,000, or the equivalent in Iraqi Dinar for travel, which is later reimbursed. In addition, only female family members, such as the child’s mother or an adult sister, can escort the child to receive treatment due to international concerns with terrorism, said Davis.
“If the kids get their surgeries, I’ll feel like I contributed a small part to the program,” said Davis, “I’ll feel good about that.
“The frustrating part is it’s only for kids under 16,” Davis added. “You can’t help everyone.”
The Soldiers who went to the clinic with Davis said they felt the mission of getting a means of treatment to a few children of the village was a success.
“It went well,” said Skinner. “The (Iraqi) doctor couldn’t come because of traffic, but our doctor was still able to see the patients.”
Although only up to three children might see the benefits of the NIAC program as a result of this visit by Davis, Skinner and the Soldiers of the 1-21 Inf., the small connection created between the Iraqi government and its people is just the beginning of a much larger network of medical assistance within Iraq.
(Story by Sgt. Jerome Bishop, Multi-National Division – Baghdad)
That dog was already dead.
If they are Marines, and it's fake, it was pretty dumb given the global political environment. If it's real, they should be prosecuted.
CAPTAIN SCOTT SOUTHWORTH ADOPTS DISABLED IRAQI BOY
Web of miracles’ join soldier, disabled Iraqi boy
cnn.com ^ | Dec 23, 3007 | AP
Posted on 12/23/2007 2:19:51 PM PST by RDTF
Capt. Scott Southworth knew he’d face violence, political strife and blistering heat when he was deployed to one of Baghdad’s most dangerous areas.
But he didn’t expect Ala’a Eddeen.
Ala’a was 9 years old, strong of will but weak of body — he suffered from cerebral palsy and weighed just 55 pounds. He lived among about 20 kids with physical or mental disabilities at the Mother Teresa orphanage, under the care of nuns who preserved this small oasis in a dangerous place.
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Black haired and brown eyed, Ala’a spoke to the 31-year-old American in the limited English he had learned from the sisters. He recalled the bombs that struck government buildings across the Tigris River.
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Over the next 10 months, the unit returned to the orphanage again and again. The soldiers would race kids in their wheelchairs, sit them in Humvees and help the sisters feed them.
To Southworth, Ala’a was like a little brother. But Ala’a — who had longed for a soldier to rescue him — secretly began referring to Southworth as “Baba,” Arabic for “Daddy.”
Then, around Christmas, a sister told Southworth that Ala’a was getting too big. He would have to move to a government-run facility within a year.
“Best case scenario was that he would stare at a blank wall for the rest of his life,” Southworth said.
To this day, he recalls the moment when he resolved that that would not happen.
“I’ll adopt him,” he said.
Before Southworth left for Iraq, he was chief of staff for a state representative. He was single, worked long days and squeezed in his service as a national guardsman — military service was a family tradition. His great-great-great-grandfather served in the Civil War, his grandfather in World War II, his father in Vietnam.
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(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
It's all too convenient and a bit too "Hollywood"!
Snopes: Status: Undetermined "Consensus seems to be the video was staged..."
Young warriors do strange things at times. Fake or no fake just somthing he will regret as he ages. Soldiers are not out there to be kindergarden teachers.
While everyone is boo hooing about a dog, in the meantime, another 4,000 babies have been sucked out of their wombs...
Please don't mess with puppies.
Still trying to figure out who killed Buddy?
It looks and sounds 100% fake. It’s disgusting nonetheless.
STAFF SGT TRACY DAVIDSON GOES BEYOND DUTY TO RUN IRAQI BURN CLINIC
Air Force Link ^ | Tech. Sgt. D. Clare
Posted on 12/17/2007 4:42:46 PM PST by SandRat
12/17/2007 - BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) — When Army Cpl. Joseph Barzeski invited Staff Sgt. Tracy Davidson to tour the Convoy Support Center’s burn clinic in Scania, Iraq, he didn’t think she would be back. But she did come back, again and again.
“I didn’t think she was going to want to stay, but she wanted to help,” said the corporal. “She just fell right into it.”
Since that day in mid-July, Sergeant Davidson has assisted nearly every day the clinic has been open. She’s become a fixture at the facility as a care provider for families, and a resource for combat medics who endure stress.
Corporal Barzeski, a combat medic for the 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, and NCO in charge of the clinic, said the sergeant’s contributions are invaluable. As a female, she is a comfort to the parents and girls whose burns often cover most of their bodies.
Likewise, as a mental health technician in an “in-lieu-of” tasking in support of the Army, she’s there to listen and support the medics and Soldiers who rely on her for emotional support.
Sergeant Davidson has logged more than 850 hours treating children at the clinic. Based on the impact she has had on patients, her command developed a Personnel Asset Sharing agreement that allows her to officially assist all three days the clinic is open plus volunteering after duty hours.
Burns are prolific among Iraqi children. The majority are caused by household hazards like children pulling hot tea kettles or pans from stoves onto themselves and gas explosions, said Corporal Barzeski, who is deployed from Fort Bragg, N.C.,
Though they are not able to provide the level of care that a patient might receive in the U.S., the treatment they provide exceed the level of care that children might receive at an Iraqi hospital.
Sergeant Davidson pointed to a case where a female patient came in with trash bags on her hands and burns covering her from chest to ankles.
“When we saw her, we didn’t think she was going to live. (Iraqi doctors) were going to cut her hands off,” she said. “I saw her last week and she can grab my hands. She has good use of one of her hands and the other is coming along,” she said.
As the clinic reaches milestones treating patients, word has spread among communities near and far — despite the dangers and intimidation families encounter enroute to the American outpost.
They have limited options and are referred to the clinic by Iraqi hospitals, especially in instances where they can not afford to pay for care, Corporal Barzeski said.
Despite the cries and struggles of the children in their care, Sergeant Davidson and Corporal Barzeski are motivated by the results their efforts yield, and the relationships they build over time with Iraqi families, they said.
“I can’t imagine the pain these kids go through. But if we didn’t do it, nobody else is going to,” said Sergeant Davidson, who is deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah. “The two-year-old in pain isn’t going to be grateful for what we’re doing, but the parents have seen what happens to kids who don’t get the care.
“It helps a lot as far as what the opinions are of the Americans. Word is out all over the place about how we have treated people with burns,” she said.
For help building these relationships, Sergeant Davidson and the Soldiers here turn to their supporters at home. She’s received donations of clothes and toys for the children from her family and a church in her hometown in Lincoln, Neb.
“We’re receiving tons of help from all over, people want to support this mission,’ said Corporal Barzeski. “It makes us feel good that we’re really doing something to help these people. Even just to take a little tiny chunk of the population and make a difference, to make it so that people can come back and say the Americans helped us. That makes it all worthwhile.”
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And we know it is alive how?
BFD
How do we KNOW this is real?
There are activists who have faked amrerican military people for movies and video before. A fake youtube video would be easy enough to do.