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2008-01-06 Iraq

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Posted by tipper 2008-01-06 06:48|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Iraq

#1 US military spokesman Lieutenant Steven Stover said that, according to witnesses, two Iraqi soldiers were killed when they flung themselves onto the attacker as he detonated his explosives.

"They absorbed some of the blast. They saved a lot of lives," Lieut Stover said.

"The selfless sacrifice of the two Iraqi (soldiers) should not be forgotten," he said in a later statement. "These two Iraqi martyrs gave their lives so that others might live."

Posted by Oztralian 2008-01-06 18:34|| 2008-01-06 18:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Iraqi soldiers jump on suicide bomber

Posted by Oztralian 2008-01-06 18:36|| 2008-01-06 18:36|| Front Page Top

#3 The Iraqis may not have found their George Washington. but it is men and women like these, those whose actions embody the words, "Here I stand. I can do no other," who are the founders of a true nation.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-01-06 19:43|| 2008-01-06 19:43|| Front Page Top

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