U.S. Troops Risk Lives to Save Woman

AP | 3/31/03 | CHRIS TOMLINSON

[Tennessee_Bob]

Kind of gives lie to the rantings that we're just there to massacre the Iraqi people.

Rangers Lead The Way!

[sweetliberty]

"By the end of this day, the Army would fight street to street, capture and kill scores of Saddam Hussein's troops, blow up a ruling party headquarters and destroy heaps of ammunition and mortars - and rescue one elderly woman from a firefight. "

That gave me chills!

[CyberAnt]

Well ... I believe we will hear about it.

[Toidylop]

Gee...Apparently to the peaceniks and anti-war protesters, our soldiers were doing this heinous act!!! (/sarcasm off)

[Arpege92]

WOW....our hero's rescuing a little old lady in the middle of battle! I couldn't be prouder!

[Caesar Soze]

The story identifies the Captain as a Ranger, but the caption identifies these men as regular infantry. AP-writer probably meant Ranger-qualified. Ah, well.

[jwalsh07]

If he's wearing a Ranger tab, he's a Ranger. Whatever he's wearing, he's doing it proud.

[Terry Mross]

We need to drop leaflets telling everyone to stay inside the building. Anyone outside will be shot. Okay, I know it's cold but then the civillians will have a choice. Get killed by us or maybe get killed by the Iraqs. At least we won't be getting our men killed by guys driving ambulances.

[muawiyah]

This was the first story I paid attention to this morning. It first appeared as a snippet in the middle of a couple of hundred different reports about that battle, but it stood out in its simplicity.

Captain Chris Carter no doubt thinks it was the right thing to do, and no big deal. All those guys who do this sort of thing believe that about their own extraordinary bravery and gallantry.

That's the right word, too, because here's this soldier's soldier in command of a company of strong infantrymen armed with the best weaponry in history, and he paused to use his power to help and elderly woman who has found herself seriously hurt on the field of battle.

I focused my Zen consciousness on this event all day and walked a path of pure joy.

[rabidralph]

Aren't these the guys that do more by 9 am than most people do all day?

[CedarDave]

Earlier today, their was a story about a woman who was shot as she tried to make it across a bridge. The report said the Iraqi's through her off the bridge into the water and was rescued by troops who waded into the water to rescue her. Is this another version of the same story, or was there another rescue?

[HighRoadToChina]

Freedom BUMP!

[Terriergal]

I just admire those guys so much... words fail.

[alexandria]

The 25 mm cannon shook the Bradley and the smell of gunpowder filled the passenger compartment. No one stopped to see if the man was killed or wounded.

Didn't need to. If he wasn't dead he was probably buried under the building he had been standing next to.

[semaj]

DT 10:18 "He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing."

DT 27:19 "Cursed is the man who withholds justice from the alien, the fatherless or the widow."

"JOB 29:12 because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist him."

"PS 10:18 defending the fatherless and the oppressed, in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more."

"PS 68:5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling."

"PS 82:3 Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed."

"ISA 1:17 learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow."

"Etcetera, etcetera." (Maha Mongkut, King of Siam)

[zeugma]

Bump for bookmark.

Congrats guys! You do us all proud. I hope Carter gets to see this article!

[SeeRushToldU_So]

Awesome!

[Lady In Blue]

OUTSTANDING!

[Maeve]

Bump

[Lady In Blue]

You know, when this war is over, it'll make a great film,IMHO!