Saturday, March 17, 2007
Iraq - from a different source
"The Official Website of Multi-National Force - Iraq"
There's information here that balances out our "main stream media" reporting...
There's information here that balances out our "main stream media" reporting...
This reporting is by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico of the 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment:
"SHARQOT — In a moment reminiscent of the first triumphant days of the Iraq war, American Soldiers walked through a crowd of cheering Iraqi children. On a dirt road in the village of Sharqot, the children whistled loudly for the Soldiers, then, remarkably, broke into applause.
Surprised, 1st Lt. Michael E. Havey Jr. beamed at the cheering crowd.
'That was pretty monumental,' said Havey, platoon leader of 3rd platoon, Battery A, 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment. '(Before) they wouldn’t even give us a wave.'"
