Unfit to Print?

New York Post ^ | February 26, 2006 | Editorial

[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....

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"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.

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

Don't the troops deserve to?

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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.

[smoothsailing]

i figured you probably had, but just in case...

The Post deserves a lot of credit for getting it out to it's print and on-line readers.

[smoothsailing]

That's great! Oh,and it was my pleasure! :)

[nopardons]

Yes, the Post does deserve kudos for printing the letter.

I'm glad that you posted the link, even though I've read it ( THREE TIMES! LOL ), but others probably haven't and your link made it possible for them to do so. So, kudos to you, too!

[Shery]

Thanks for posting the whole letter! It was an inspiring read!

[Peach]

Now why isn't this being featured all over the MSM? Rhetorical question of course, but it IS frustrating when people don't read/hear about the gratitude of the Iraqi people.

[Just A Nobody]

Thanks Fred. I have seen this several times in the past couple weeks and have it saved.

It can never be printed often enough for me.

[Just A Nobody]

Thanks Fred. I have seen this several times in the past couple weeks and have it saved.

It can never be printed often enough for me.

[Just A Nobody]

oooops...sorry.

[Hill of Tara]

Thanks for the ping Fred. The mayor's letter was really touching. It looks like there ARE Iraqis who like us after all, and are glad we're in Iraq, not that the MSM would ever let us know that.

It's a shame that the letter was never publicized in the MSM, seems they only report on news from Iraq when its negative >:(

Every time I hear some tinhorn reporter on TV talk about how Iraq is "turning into Vietnam" and how the "Iraqis want us out" I want to climb into the TV screen and punch them in the face.

[USF]

Thanks for the ping(s) Fred.

I'm under the impression that anything that does not back up the quagmire scenario will not get the attention it deserves in the MSM... or is it the ENEMEDIA.

Either way, I'm thankful in this day and age it's now the "old media" and folks can get real news and indepth analysis on sites like Freep, LGF, and Jihadwatch.

[jan in Colorado]

Thanks for the GREAT news ping, Fred! I'm a few days behind, but I'm sure glad I didn't miss this incredibly inspiring letter!

"To those who spread smiles on the faces of our children, and gave us restored hope, through their personal sacrifice and brave fighting, and gave new life to the city after hopelessness darkened our days, and stole our confidence in our ability to reestablish our city."

"God bless this brave Regiment; God bless the families who dedicated these brave men and women. From the bottom of our hearts we thank the families. They have given us something we will never forget. To the families of those who have given their holy blood for our land, we all bow to you in reverence and to the souls of your loved ones. Their sacrifice was not in vain. They are not dead, but alive, and They will never be forgotten for giving their precious lives. They have sacrificed that which is most valuable. We see them in the smile of every child, and in every flower growing in this land.

Let America, their families, and the world be proud of their sacrifice for humanity and life."---Mayor of Tall ‘Afar, Ninewa, Iraq

Those who appreciate FREEDOM the most, are those that know what it's like to NOT have it.
How sad that there are so many in this Country that would deny freedom to the Iraqis! The ENEMEDIA will do all it can to bury the great news and keep it from the American public.

God Bless our soldiers and their families!
THANK YOU for your service and sacrifice!

[Cornpone]

Thanks Jan...

[bayouranger]

Thanks Jan