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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-11-03 08:17 PM
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War-weary troops long for home
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3055553.stm


It was a single shot - nothing spectacular - but that split-second act of Iraqi resistance might well be recorded as the point at which America turned from liberator to occupier

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Like all American troops on patrol here, he was sweating beneath his Kevlar flak-jacket and helmet.

They provided no protection whatsoever from the man who walked through the lunch-time crowd, put a pistol to the back of the soldier's skull, and pulled the trigger.

WHAT A WAY TO GO

I'M sure his family will thank the Chimp
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