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2005-01-30 Iraq-Jordan

Former Iraqi fighter pilot defies insurgents by joining forces with neighbours

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Posted by Sherry 2005-01-30 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 My hopes and Prayers are with the Iraqi people. They deserve to be free. Look at the smiles and tears of joy on the faces of the Iraqis and you jusk know they're gonna make it work. They know this may be their last chance at freedom. God Bless 'em all.

Posted by Tom Dooley 2005-01-30 12:19:11 AM|| 2005-01-30 12:19:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 This isn't just Iraqi history, but a great moment in US History. What other noble cause to fight for than allow people to choose their own destiny.

Please post the link! Im interested!

Posted by Slomoling Choque7531 2005-01-30 2:58:38 AM|| 2005-01-30 2:58:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 SC7531, you must be new here. You can go to the link by clicking on the headline of the article. And welcome to Rantburg.

Posted by Seafarious 2005-01-30 3:04:30 AM|| 2005-01-30 3:04:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Thanks Seafarious, I was hoping for the link of the AD.

Posted by Slomoling Choque7531 2005-01-30 4:17:20 AM|| 2005-01-30 4:17:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Fox is reporting live all night. One story was similar to the AD mentioned in Sherry's post. A group of (apparently anti-election) "toughs" had assembled not far from one of the Baghdad polling stations - presumably to intimidate voters. The Fox reporter and his crew saw them and grabbed their gear to do a spot on them - and they ran away. 3 guys with a camera and they scrammed. Heh.

Posted by .com 2005-01-30 4:33:17 AM|| 2005-01-30 4:33:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 The ad is here. (Via MJT.)

What a great day in human history.

Posted by someone 2005-01-30 5:44:15 AM|| 2005-01-30 5:44:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 but, but...no WMD...says the whiners and weeners.

Posted by Duke Nukem 2005-01-30 9:49:01 AM|| 2005-01-30 9:49:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 There are no WMD's because we took the bastard who wanted them out of Baghdad in the spring and summer of 2003. No doubt in my mind that Saddam wanted WMD's and would have eventually got them again. The word IS a safer place .... right Duke ?

Posted by tex 2005-01-30 9:57:03 AM|| 2005-01-30 9:57:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 No stockpiles of WMD? Right on! Nor are there likely to be any now.

People always said "What if Hitler had been stopped in the '30s?" My guess is that about the same proportion of carping would have been heard about how the Germans were no threat... blah-blah-blah.

Posted by eLarson 2005-01-30 9:59:02 AM|| [http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2005-01-30 9:59:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 The ad the General is referring to is here:
http://www.memritv.org/Search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=453#

Posted by Sherry 2005-01-30 11:08:30 AM|| 2005-01-30 11:08:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 Sherry - that clip has gone to archives at MEMRI.

Too bad - it was the most moving, most powerful ad I have ever seen.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-01-30 11:33:22 AM|| 2005-01-30 11:33:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 Barbara / Sherry - in comment #6 someone has given a valid link - and the spot is perfect.

Posted by .com 2005-01-30 3:31:09 PM|| 2005-01-30 3:31:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 There was a Christiane Amanpour piece on CNN this morning that played the ad -- all except for the end.

Posted by Matt 2005-01-30 3:37:49 PM|| 2005-01-30 3:37:49 PM|| Front Page Top

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