Christmas in Baghdad

Christmas in Baghdad

U.S. Army soldiers from Company B of the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, under cover of a smoke grenade, hunt for a sniper that lightly wounded one of their compatriots in New Baghdad, an eastern neighborhood in the Iraqi capital on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

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American troops hunting house-to-house for Shiite militia leaders in Baghdad described Christmas as just another day in Iraq.

“In the back of your mind you think about it, but there are no holidays in Iraq,” said Staff Sgt. Brandon Scott, a 35-year-old from Woodbridge, Va., and the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, which is part of the Army’s 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.

All I want for Christmas is victory for our boys and girls in the Battles of Iraq and Afghanistan.

We are celebrating with plenty, more than plenty. We actually have an obscene amount of plenty. I hope we remember there are others who are sacrificing everything.

Remember our Soldiers, where ever they are, in the Global War on Terrorism.