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2005-09-04 Iraq-Jordan

India town buries U.S. Muslim soldier slain in Iraq

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Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-09-04 16:06|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Article: Their numbers are climbing as military service is seen as a short-cut to college scholarships as well as U.S. citizenship.

Actually, I think they see a guy like the tanker Neil Prakash and think - hey, that could be me in the klieg lights dressed up in those spiffy doodads.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-09-04 16:14|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-09-04 16:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Not to mention those tons of hot, throbbing steel between ....

Posted by Omerens Omaigum2983 2005-09-04 17:56|| 2005-09-04 17:56|| Front Page Top

#3 His ambitions took him to the U.S. and then to Iraq. We lost him, but he died a martyr's death.

"He was a true Indian who fought against terrorism," said Rehman Faiz, a local Muslim priest in Dahod.

Does my heart good to read this sort of attitude.

Posted by lotp 2005-09-04 17:57|| 2005-09-04 17:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Amen lotp, 10 gallons of Indian Nationalism to go please.

Posted by Mona Gorilla 2005-09-04 18:11|| 2005-09-04 18:11|| Front Page Top

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