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)
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.
December 27th, 2006 at 2:14 pm
Tis the Season for TCP/IP…
With everybody home for the holidays, Bruce is taking a couple of days off to fix the home computer network. Actually, it’s going a little better than the last time. Respectfully submitted,Ferdinand T. Cat Trackposted to Perri Nelson’s Website, Is……
December 27th, 2006 at 9:06 pm
And I thought McCain was a twit…
So called, campaign finance reform pushed my Senator John McCain and made into law, really didn’t do much positive and only threatened free speech. We now have another politician trying to build on that idiocy….
December 27th, 2006 at 9:23 pm
Just women…
IÂ’ve been thinking about our fashions of late. Blue and red hair - sometimes orange. Weaved or wigs - colored or natural? Thinking about this topic brings me back to the 1800Â’s and 1900Â’s when women were literally covered in clothing from head to…
December 27th, 2006 at 10:11 pm
Hallelujah! and the lame shall walk!!!!…
It won’t be long now and the handicapped shall break their chains of bondage and shout with joy…
December 28th, 2006 at 12:23 am
Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter…
Perhaps the most revealing story about former President Gerald Ford is a statement from the man who built his career by portraying Ford as a clumsy imbecile– Chevy Chase. “Later on we became friends and he was a very, very……
December 28th, 2006 at 1:13 pm
Ethiopia deserves much praise for their courageous…
Bill Roggio (via Hot Air) reports that Ethiopia has routed the Mogadishu….
December 25th, 2008 at 4:28 am
Christmas in Iraq 2008…
Two years ago I posted about Christmas in Iraq. It was 2006 and the insurgents were taking every shot they could at our Troops. Two years ago in Iraq, our Soldiers were doing house to house searches for enemy combatants. They described Christmas as ……