GOTTA SEE THIS-WarEndur.Freedom 4/12/03-Mosul,Khaneqin,Arbil,Halabja,Dohuk

DOD, Abu Dhabi TV, FReepers, Yahoo, AP, Reuters, and the usual suspects | 4/12/03 | The Armies of the very Good against the Axis of Evil

[barbarianbabs]

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[McGavin999]

What a wonderful bunch of pictures Diogenesis. We would never get to see any of these scenes if not for you.

Have I ever told you you're a hero?

[CarmelValleyite]

Right - looks like some terrific equipment. Finally, your tax dollars put to good use!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Spruce]

Over 50% of Iraqis are under the age of 20

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Chris Hughes shares some time with an Iraqi girl while U.S. Marines distribute food and water to Iraqi citizens.

Iraqi children, one holding a white flag, smile at passing by journalists on the main highway leading to Baghdad from the western border with Jordan, in the outskirts of Baghdad on Friday April 11, 2003.

Spc. Donald Dennis from Task Force 2-69 Armor, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Benning Georgia, waves at children running beside his M1A1 Abrams tank in Baghdad on Friday, April 11, 2003.

United States Marines Lance Cpl. Josh Carbajal takes a sip of some tea offered to him by Iraqi civilians while setting up a defensive perimeter during a patrol of a neighborhood in Baghdad Friday, April 11, 2003.

An Iraqi boy offers some water to a United States Marine of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, while he was out on patrol Friday, April 11, 2003 in a neighborhood near central Baghdad.

United States Marines of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines sign their autographs for some Iraqi children who approached them while on patrol through a neighborhood of Baghdad Friday, April 11, 2003.

Tank Commander Staff Sgt. Terry Brake from Somerset, KY., listens patiently as college student Sama Samira, 21, says that U.S. troops have hurt Iraq by invading it and creating chaos in the streets. She said she supported Saddam Hussein and refused to accept that his government had been toppled.

Sgt. Javier Vila, from Miami, FLa., right, and fellow soldiers cry as they pay their respects at a memorial service for Cpl. Henry Brown in Baghdad Friday, April 11, 2003.

Gen. Tommy Franks talks with Sgt. Lucas Goddard and Sgt. James Ward of the 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, before giving them Bronze Stars for valor in combat. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Joshua Hutcheson

[BossLady]

Geees....I can never look at your threads without tearing up..... Wonderful job!

[gramho12]

Geees....I can never look at your threads without tearing up..... Wonderful job!

Amen to that. Words cannot express my pride when I see these pictures. And thanks to you, Diogenesis, who makes this all possible through his hard and diligent work.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

These guys do have some serious equipment. I like the helmet-cam!

[hoosiermama]

Thank you again. I have share so many of your pictures with others. You are doing a wonderful thing...

[P8riot]

Why do college students think they can lecture anyone on anything?

I'll bet if he grabbed her and gave her a wet one right on the lips it'd shut her up. It worked for me in Athens once.

[firewalk]

bttt

[Spruce]

Indeed! She needs something like this...

[tiki]

I "very like" these threads

[Victoria Delsoul]

Awesome pictures, Diogenesis. Thank you.

[wingnuts'nbolts]

That is my favorite picure too. It brings a smile and a tear at the same time.

[tutstar]

And I wonder why she is dressed that way, was she a sweetie of the Hussein's or something? Almost all the women are in black with headcoverings.....anyone have any idea?

[cavtrooper21]

..and the older gentleman in white is proably dad, thinking "...and I paid HOW much for that degree?!?!?"

[Valin]

Latenight bump

[ChemistCat]

She looks like Gilda Radner.

But Ms. Radner had more sense than this.

How long would anyone have lasted, talking to a member of the Ba'ath Party/Republican Guard this way? Hooray for our PATIENT troops!

[nutmeg]

Awesome pix! Thank you.

[nutmeg]

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