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Unfit to Print?
New York Post ^ | February 26, 2006 | Editorial

Posted on 02/26/2006 11:48:43 PM PST by smoothsailing

UNFIT TO PRINT?

An inspiring letter from the mayor of Tal' Afar, thanking the 3rd Cavalry Regiment for liberating his city from al Qaeda: Aside from The Post's coverage of the letter, it appears nowhere.

What a pity.

Every newspaper in the country should have run Mayor Najim Abdullah Abid Al-Jibouri's tribute to U.S. troops. It's legitimate news — offering detailed updates on Iraq's reconstruction from the perspective of Iraqis. And it's positive news.

The mayor wrote: "Our city was the main base of operations for Abu Mousab Al Zarqawi. Our streets were silent, and no one dared to walk them...

"Their savagery reached such a level that they stuffed the corpses of children with explosives and tossed them into the streets....

SNIP

"This was the situation of our city until God prepared and delivered unto them the courageous soldiers of the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, who liberated this city,...... killing many terrorists, and forcing the remaining butchers to flee the city like rats."

The letter has, as The Post reported last Monday, created a swell of pride in American servicemen.

Military families, fed up with conventional reporting, spread this and other positive stories through e-mail and Web sites. The letter itself was distributed to the families of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment in Fort Carson, Colo., upon the soldiers' return from their second year-long Iraq tour.

SNIP

Inspiring stuff. So shouldn't Americans hear about it?

Don't the troops deserve to?

SNIP

Across Iraq, as Iraqis and Americans together build bulwarks against jihadi violence,their stories are lost to Al Qaeda bombs................, which are endlessly rebroadcast around the world.

If the good guys could count on the same kind of press, the long road toward a stable Iraqi nation might seem not quite so arduous.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Philosophy; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: freedom; goodnews; liberation; liberty; peace; winningthewar; wot
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1 posted on 02/26/2006 11:48:45 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing
Inspiring stuff. So shouldn't Americans hear about it?

Absolutely!

Don't the troops deserve to?

Absolutely!

2 posted on 02/26/2006 11:54:12 PM PST by onyx (IF ONLY 10% of Muslims are radical, that's still 120 MILLION who want to kill us.)
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To: smoothsailing

If the good mayor wanted his letter published, he should've blamed Bush for something heinous and criminal, and called the American troops "butchers worse than those of Genghis Khahn."

I mean, all it takes to get publicity these days is to criticize America, our troops, and our President. Praise? Hardly newsworthy.


3 posted on 02/26/2006 11:55:07 PM PST by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: All
The Mayor's complete letter for those who havn't seen or want to read it again
4 posted on 02/26/2006 11:56:10 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Well, at least the letter WAS posted to FR too.


5 posted on 02/26/2006 11:56:24 PM PST by nopardons
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To: smoothsailing

Looks interesting, but I refuse to sign up with the NY Post.


6 posted on 02/26/2006 11:58:40 PM PST by de Buillion (Give us your perverts, pedophiles, and sodomites. San Francisco wants YOU!)
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To: Peach; Howlin; ohioWfan; MJY1288; smoothsailing

Another good catch, smoothsailing.


7 posted on 02/26/2006 11:59:30 PM PST by onyx (IF ONLY 10% of Muslims are radical, that's still 120 MILLION who want to kill us.)
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To: Taxman

Ping to self.


8 posted on 02/26/2006 11:59:33 PM PST by Taxman (So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
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To: de Buillion

Link to full text is in this post:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1586192/posts?page=4#4


9 posted on 02/27/2006 12:00:49 AM PST by onyx (IF ONLY 10% of Muslims are radical, that's still 120 MILLION who want to kill us.)
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To: coconutt2000
Wouldn't it be great if your post required a /sarcasm tag?

But sadly it doesn't,with the exception of this newspaper, it's the truth.

10 posted on 02/27/2006 12:02:59 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing; jan in Colorado; AmericanArchConservative; Dark Skies; Former Dodger; Cornpone; ...

thanks smoothsailing, for posting the link.

Don't miss this #4


11 posted on 02/27/2006 12:03:27 AM PST by Fred Nerks (Read the bio THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD free! Click Fred Nerks for link to my Page.)
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To: smoothsailing

BS, you can't make me believe that an ARAB would say those things! /sarcasm


12 posted on 02/27/2006 12:06:01 AM PST by Echo Talon
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To: de Buillion
You don't need to.The link at post#4 has the entire letter.The editorial part I posted is virtually intact, it's mostly the quotes from the letter I left out.
13 posted on 02/27/2006 12:06:49 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: Echo Talon
Yeah, he's probably just gaming for a shot at "running" our ports.HA!
14 posted on 02/27/2006 12:09:08 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: nopardons
There's a link to the whole letter in post # 4, np. :)
15 posted on 02/27/2006 12:10:22 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

no doubt! he wants control of our ports dont trust him!!!! LOL


16 posted on 02/27/2006 12:12:46 AM PST by Echo Talon
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To: onyx
Thanks.:)

I wish the NY Post didn't require registration though,or at least didn't require excerpting.

17 posted on 02/27/2006 12:13:07 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Thanks...I saw it, but I read the entire letter in the N.Y. Post, when they printed it, as well as both threads, on FR, that had it up, as well. :-)


18 posted on 02/27/2006 12:14:02 AM PST by nopardons
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To: smoothsailing

Thanks for posting this, I've already e-mailed it to my military relatives.


19 posted on 02/27/2006 12:15:51 AM PST by de Buillion (Give us your perverts, pedophiles, and sodomites. San Francisco wants YOU!)
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To: onyx

Thanks, got it already. And e-mailed it out.


20 posted on 02/27/2006 12:18:12 AM PST by de Buillion (Give us your perverts, pedophiles, and sodomites. San Francisco wants YOU!)
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