[A knight without armor]

Perhaps they were traveling along and one fell seriously ill so they headed for Baghdad because (1) literally any port in a storm-the person was so serious they were willing to try anywhere or (2) they do not have access to current news and assumed a big town would have medical help.

You never know who to trust but I am touched to read that they were so helpless and pathetically tried to thank their American heroes. For right now, I'm going with assuming they are just what they seem.

God Bless our American heroes. They are the best of the best!

[cripplecreek]

Yeah the guys who said they were looking for medical attention don't sound like fighters. If I read it correctly they had already been checked out by troops earlier.

I'm glad that their first experience with American troops was a positive one.

[texasflower]

I'll bet they were in search of American doctors. Our docs are doing most of the hard work there right now.