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Suffer the Little Children Parental love and respect for children is not a given thing. I’ve been to places where kids are viewed as income generators—either as workers or sold off as surplus. I’ve seen children who were intentionally and horribly mutilated so they would evoke pity as beggars. There are more of these places than most people ever want to know about, but Iraq is not one of them. Iraqis love their kids, and they are some of the best-behaved kids I have seen anywhere in the world, and in most places (there are exceptions), the Iraqi kids love...

Thursday, September 29, 2005 Operation Rhma: Final Mission Much world travel has convinced me that the “average American” is a good person. But even a good person needs information in order to act effectively on their best impulses. Oftentimes, good things do not happen simply because information does not make it to the right people. I believe this was the case for a sick little Iraqi girl named Rhma. American “Deuce Four” soldiers found Rhma one night in Mosul. She needed serious medical attention. Doctors, nurses and others back in America, along with the soldiers in Mosul, worked diligently on...

Friday, September 23, 2005 Battle For Mosul III: Prelude Prelude “Deuce Four,” is on its way home. http://www.michaelyon.blogspot.com/?BMIDS=17062518-9ea3e740-80887