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 24th, 2006 at 6:20 pm
Wishing you the merriest Christmas ever.
December 24th, 2006 at 7:30 pm
Thank you all, and God bless you and merry Christmas to you, each and every one.
Very sincerely,
Cato
December 24th, 2006 at 9:17 pm
Thank you. Merry Christmas to you.
December 24th, 2006 at 10:17 pm
Christmas Eve: Memories…
Christmas=Evangelism…
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December 24th, 2006 at 11:08 pm
Amen, Beth…
The war doesn’t stop for Christmas…
God bless each and every one of our brave men and women overseas this Christmas Day. Your son is always in our prayers, too…
With that said… May you and yours have a very nice… warm… a very Merry Christmas this year.
Happy New Year too!
AubreyJ………
December 24th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
Merry Christmas!…
I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas, or at the very least happy holidays. My family and I are going to have a quiet celebration at home….
December 24th, 2006 at 11:34 pm
HappY FlyinG…
Banned by TSA from carry-ons: “Snow globes and like decorations regardless of size or amount of liquid insideâ€Â…
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December 25th, 2006 at 12:13 am
Merry Christmas!…
O Holy night, the stars are brightly shining….
December 25th, 2006 at 11:03 am
A Christmas, urm, Carol… of sorts…
…I just have to wonder: is the little angel’s name, “Carol”?
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December 25th, 2006 at 4:09 pm
Morning Calm thanks to a MarinE…
What are the holidays like when you have to wear 60 pounds of body armor to dinner? A Marine describes Christmas in Iraq.
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December 25th, 2006 at 6:32 pm
Happiest and warm holiday wishes to u too Beth!
December 25th, 2006 at 7:16 pm
Christmas around the world…
I have gathered some of the most beautiful pictures of Christmas around the world. My favorites are from Russia - which is a beautiful country and not far from my fatherÂ’s native Lithuania….
December 25th, 2006 at 9:45 pm
Iran Proves Holocaust just a Hoax…
Jews will immediately recognize these to be ordinary Chanuka Bears. When Jews are not being apes and pigs and need to hibernate for a long time they turn into these lovable creatures. These Bears are in fact the answer to a question the BBC recently …..
December 25th, 2006 at 10:11 pm
AP loves America & Israel: NoT…
But hey..nice touch with Santa and allÂ…Â…ya almost had me going there for a minuteÂ….no, not really….
December 26th, 2006 at 1:40 am
This is no time to go wobbly…
With the Iraq Surrender Group saying we should negotiate with Iran to stabilize Iraq, and Iran claiming to be a nuclear state, the following news item should not be ignored or pushed under the rug….
December 26th, 2006 at 6:05 am
Part I: Early History of Terrorism…
Due to the insidious nature of terrorism - I am taking you on a journey of a series of indept studies into the orgins of terrorism and its effect over the centuries on todayÂ’s present state of terrorism as we know it and have sadly experienced it….
December 26th, 2006 at 7:26 am
Christmas 2006 [Open] Must-Read List…
Victor Davis Hanson, Ralph Peters, Steve Kornacki, Amir Taheri, Jed Babbin, Rich Lowry, Max Boot, John Stossel, Charles Krauthammer, John Podhoretz, Stephen Schwartz, Ben Stein, Tom Bevan, Hugh Hewitt, John O’Sullivan, Michael Barone, Daniel Twining,….
December 26th, 2006 at 1:49 pm
Saddam to be executed within 30 days…
Today IraqÂ’s higest court of appeals upheld Saddam HusseinÂ’s death sentence and saying he must be hanged within 30 days for the killing of 148 Shiites in the central city of Dujail….
December 26th, 2006 at 2:00 pm
Saddam Death Sentence Upheld…
Ha! This should send the Demaloons in to screaming fits
An Iraqi appeals court has upheld the death sentence for ousted President Saddam Hussein, Iraq's national security adviser has said.
"The appeals court approved the verdict to hang Saddam…
December 27th, 2006 at 11:13 am
America mourns the passing of a President…
Our former President Gerald Ford, a pioneer in bi-partisanship, has died at the age of 93. The 38th president of the United States — whose legacy included the controversial decision to pardon his predecessor, Richard Nixon — died at his California h…
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 ……