k98nights Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 March 4, 2010 - 07:52:44BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Following is a summary of news reports posted until 10:00 p.m. Baghdad local time Thursday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJack Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 WHAT YOU WON'T HEAR OR READ ON THE NEWS ....Just read a post from his facebook home page from my good friend, a Lt. Col. serving as an advisor to the Iraqi Military who is right in the middle of the **** in Baghdad.We had a successful "special needs" election in Iraq today! The polling today was for the security forces and medical personnel who will be on duty during the general election on 7 March. During the voting in the Babel neighborhood of Baghdad, a suicide bomber carried out one of a handful of largely unsuccessful attacks across the country. Dressed as a policeman, the bomber (wearing a suicide vest) ran toward a polling station after he was discovered by searchers. Seeing what was happening, a young Iraqi Captain ran toward the bomber and tackled him OUTSIDE the polling station. The bomber detonated himself, killing the Captain and several other soliders who had ran to assist. The number of lives the Captain saved probably runs into the dozens based on the number of people that were inside the polling station. he was posthumously promoted to Lt. Col. and his family will receive "Martyr's Pay" at that level.Tonight you will likely hear about the terrorists who are willing to die to prevent the election from progressing ... you likely won't hear about the Iraqis who are prepared to die to STOP THE TERRORISTS. Advising the Iraqi Security Forces has been sometimes frustrating (usually because of cultural nuance), but no one should question their bravery. I am proud to serve with these men every day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circlewood Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Captain Jack, that is important news that everyone needs to hear, I would recomend this info gets it's own new post. Thanks for bringing it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladonna Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Thank you for posting this important news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry smith Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Great post captain. The untold story you will not hear on the evening news. Needs to be heard. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMC Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 GOD bless all the troops, US or IRaqi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadams Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 please pray for these brave people,the iraqis and the americans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen10 Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 I'm afraid this will only get worse the closer the election gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mroem Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 y didnt adam say this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mroem Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 doesnt make much sense, who's idea is this shiza anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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