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2006-02-14 Iraq

The Mayor of Tall 'Afar Salutes the 3rd ACR

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Posted by lotp 2006-02-14 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I am moved by this display of Gratitude.
Mr. Mayor, if you honor these men, sieze your freedom, love your children and live happy, peaceful lives.

Posted by Robjack 2006-02-14 00:26|| 2006-02-14 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Powerline posted this as well - hopefully it gets out of the MSM blockade! Thks LOTP

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-02-14 00:51|| 2006-02-14 00:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Great letter - and a classic of the Arab style of evoking visuals.

Thank You, Mayor!

Great post, lotp - Thx!

Posted by .com 2006-02-14 01:00|| 2006-02-14 01:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, I've heard nothing of this on the Beeb.. Good on the people of Tal 'Afar.. Good on the 3rd ACR and its Iraqi back-up.. I hope we'll get a book out of this one day.. it will make an interesting read.. I think there's an awful lot to come about the behaviour of Zarqawi's mob.

Posted by Howard UK 2006-02-14 03:59|| 2006-02-14 03:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Wow. That is truly touching and gracious. I am stunned as I've never seen the like of this from any Arab source. Yes, I've lived in the Middle East - a little over 10 yrs in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the UAE. I will email the link out to many people, as I hope everyone will do, as this needs world-wide distribution. My experience over there makes me wonder if we should fear for the safety of the Tal Afar mayor and his family, somewhat? Again, wow.

Posted by Snaish Flaving9011 2006-02-14 07:19|| 2006-02-14 07:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Al-Jibouri is obviously not a graduate of the Ray Nagin school of mayorly gratitude. Good on him!

Posted by Besoeker 2006-02-14 08:12|| 2006-02-14 08:12|| Front Page Top

#7 And we salute you Mr. Mayor! Make the most of your new freedom and we will be proud.

Posted by mmurray821 2006-02-14 11:35|| 2006-02-14 11:35|| Front Page Top

#8 As much as I may like this, do we have real verification of this?

Posted by Glolugum Unotle4665 2006-02-14 13:20|| 2006-02-14 13:20|| Front Page Top

#9 The 3rd ACR has been reassigned to Fort Carson, here in Colorado Springs. The troops began arriving home three days ago. The entire regiment will be home in a couple of weeks. The city has made plans for a hero's welcome.

As for the authenticity of the letter, I can't vouch for it, but a couple of 3ACR folks said they were given a send-off by the local inhabitants that was "unusual". Colorado Springs is seriously considering adding Tal'Afar to its list of "sister-cities".

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-02-14 14:23|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-02-14 14:23|| Front Page Top

#10 Greyhawk vouches for it. As one of the pre-eminent milbloggers, himself active duty with service in Iraq recently, he's got all the creds he needs with me.

Posted by lotp 2006-02-14 15:47|| 2006-02-14 15:47|| Front Page Top

#11 On 1/28/06, one day after the letter was written, three Iraqis were killed and the Mayor of Tal Afar, Najim Abdullah, was wounded as rebel gunmen stormed the mayors office. Najim was wounded when rebels fired a series of four mortar rounds into his office.

Bahrain Tribune Daily Newspaper

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-02-14 18:49|| 2006-02-14 18:49|| Front Page Top

#12 Correction: the mayor was wounded by the mortar attack, the others died in separate incidents.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-02-14 18:53|| 2006-02-14 18:53|| Front Page Top

#13 Shit. Snaish was right.

Heal and protect this guy - this vector of sanity must be preserved.

Posted by .com 2006-02-14 22:47|| 2006-02-14 22:47|| Front Page Top

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