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GOTTA SEE THIS-WarEndur.Freedom 10/11/03-Freedom in Kabul
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Posted on 10/10/2003 12:21 PM EDT by Diogenesis

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 10/11/03 - Kabul

BREAKING: Kabul - Freedom, Education, Capitalism, courtesy of the USA.

QFN ==== QUAGMIRE-FREE NEWS and FREEPER COMMENTARY

========= Kabul =========

In Kabul, Afghani children are FREE to walk freely, to play, and to
obtain an education -- courtesy of the USA.

BREAKING:

In Kabul, Afghan women and girls are FREE to get an education,
courtesy of the USA.

Scenes from Kabul.

In Kabul, at the market.

In Kabul, at a milk shop.

In Kabul, repairs of a woman's handbag.

In Kabul, chopping wood for sale,

In Kabul, at the bakery.

In Kabul, at a popular favorite local restaurant.

In Kabul, at the soccer game.

In Kabul, at the water-well.

In Kabul, at the zoo.

In Kabul, Zarlasht Madad, the most popular DJ
on Afghanistan's FM radio station.

In Kabul at the Shah-e-Doshamshera mosque.

In Kabul, a haircut for a child, FREED by the USA.
Previously, haircuts --and children walking free-- did not exist under the evil Taliban.

In Kabul, Canadians, Germans, and other Coalition heroes
on patrol, and Canadians at memorial service for three heroes KIA..

In Kabul, ISAF heroes surround a house containing a terrrorist.

BREAKING:

TERRORIST FREED

In Kabul, Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil was freed
after only 22 months in captivity.

========= American Technology at Work - Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3 =========

Apollo 12 heroes visits Surveyor 3 site
in environment even more hostile than Afghanistan

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1 posted on 10/10/2003 12:21 PM EDT by Diogenesis

BUMP for GOTTA SEE THIS-WarEndur.Freedom 10/1103-Kabul

2 posted on 10/10/2003 12:23 PM EDT by Diogenesis (If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
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3 posted on 10/10/2003 12:25 PM EDT by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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You should have studied! No cheating from me!

4 posted on 10/10/2003 12:25 PM EDT by rdb3 (Whoever said progress is a slow process wasn't talking about me. I'm an N-U-P-E.)
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Gotta see this ping!!!

Thanks Dio!

5 posted on 10/10/2003 12:25 PM EDT by Eaker (Amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic.............hmmmmmmmmm ;<)
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Cool! Thanks.

6 posted on 10/10/2003 12:32 PM EDT by jwalburg (You're not moderate just because you know leftier leftists than yourself)
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That picture of Arnold is a HOOT! In Afghanistan!

Don't say American culture doesn't rule the world.

7 posted on 10/10/2003 12:34 PM EDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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Beautiful, just beautiful.

8 posted on 10/10/2003 12:35 PM EDT by doodlelady
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You will stay right where you are on the thread.
Please take a moment and Thank a Service Man or Woman.
Just Click on the graphic to send an e-mail.

9 posted on 10/10/2003 12:35 PM EDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Have you said Thank You to a service man or woman today?)
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Children being allowed to be children is a beautiful sight.

10 posted on 10/10/2003 12:38 PM EDT by fml
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No cheating from me!

Boy, ain't it the truth. That's the first thing that crossed my mind...children all around the world are so much the same.

11 posted on 10/10/2003 12:44 PM EDT by HiJinx (If you're not making waves, you're not kicking hard enough.)
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That's the first thing that crossed my mind

Exactly. Great minds think alike, no?

12 posted on 10/10/2003 12:47 PM EDT by rdb3 (Whoever said progress is a slow process wasn't talking about me. I'm an N-U-P-E.)
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"You should have studied! No cheating from me!"

I thought the same, when I saw it!

13 posted on 10/10/2003 12:47 PM EDT by G.Mason (Lessons of life need not be fatal)
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Diogenesis's quagmire-free news, ping! 

~~~~

 

========= Kabul =========

In Kabul, Afghani children are FREE to walk freely, to play, and to
obtain an education -- courtesy of the USA.

Yes, toppling the Taliban and Saddam Hussein is FOR the children!

 

~~~

If you want on or off my PRO-Coalition ping list, please Freepmail me.

Warning: it is a high volume ping list on good days. (Most days are good days).

 

Thank you, Dio!

 

14 posted on 10/10/2003 12:47 PM EDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("There are terrorists in Iraq, yet there is no dictator to protect them." ~ VP Cheney, 10/10)
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Damn!
If this guy is
assassinated
in the next few
months, we'll
know he turned
against his
former Taliban
brothers big
time. If not,
we'll know we made
a big time mistake
letting him go.
imho.

15 posted on 10/10/2003 12:50 PM EDT by LibWhacker
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Great as per your usual posts.

Thanks.

16 posted on 10/10/2003 12:50 PM EDT by G.Mason (Lessons of life need not be fatal)
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QFN rocks. The Kabul shots are priceless. Bless the innocents and you....

17 posted on 10/10/2003 12:51 PM EDT by eureka! (Rats and Presstitutes lie--they have to in order to survive.....)
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Get-the-truth-out-to-the-American-people BUMP!

18 posted on 10/10/2003 12:54 PM EDT by EternalVigilance
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Hi, Cowgirl!

Thanks for these threads!

I'm so tiered of hearing nothing but the bad news from Iraq and the squawking from the Bush-Haters 24/7!

even on FOX News when whoever they are interviewing start talking about the good things happening in Iraq that they saw when they went there.would cut them off. I just wonder what the left-wing news stations are doing? SHEESH!

19 posted on 10/10/2003 12:56 PM EDT by Pippin (Make your plans with a pencil; give the eraser to GOD------from Our Daly Bread for OCT. 2003)
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I really love these posts!

20 posted on 10/10/2003 1:00 PM EDT by Calpernia (Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
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Way back a loooooong time ago, I was a Marine security Guard at the Embassy in Kabul. During my 13 month tour, I grew very fond of the Afghan people and seeing these photos of children smiling again does my heart good. Thank you Diogenesis for the tremendous array of photos and the hope that is generated by your positive presentation.
Semper Fidelis,
jarhead64

21 posted on 10/10/2003 1:02 PM EDT by jarhead64
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Diogenesis's quagmire-free news ~ Bump!

22 posted on 10/10/2003 1:12 PM EDT by blackie
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worthwhile project..........

Toys For Iraq   Where To Send Toys The address is: Chief Wiggles CPA-C2, Debriefer APO AE 09335 This is a US military address in Iraq, so you only have to pay domestic postage if you mail from the US.   What Not To Send No crayons (they'll melt in shipping in the Iraqi climate). No violent toys. No guns, no water guns, no action heros. No barbie dolls or skantily dressed dolls.   Things You Can Send Here are some suggestions: Stuffed animals. Art supplies: pencils, pens, paper to draw on. Washable markers, watercolor paint, finger paint, rulers, stencils, pencil sharpeners, stickers, glue sticks, construction paper, office paper, blunt-nosed scissors, chalkboards, chalk. School supplies: pens, pencils, notebooks, looseleaf binders, paper, rulers, erasers, pencil sharpeners, compasses. Balloons. Legos and other building toys. For infants: bath toys, push-button musical toys, pull toys, bubble bath. Sunglasses. Whistles, tambourines, harmonicas. Frisbees, soccer balls, jump ropes, rubber balls, yoyos. Squeeze flashlights, flashlights with batteries, glow sticks, kaleidoscopes, prisms. Match-box cars, balsa airplanes, toy trains. Toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss, hair brushes, combs.   How This Started This project was started and organized by Chief Wiggles, a US soldier in Iraq. It began on September 18, 2003 when he posted the following comments on his blog: "But during the course of the day I was forced to pause for a moment, even making my sources wait, while I attended to an issue more important than anything else. While out at the front gate I noticed a young girl crying behind the barbed wire that separates us from the throngs of people waiting for their chance to speak with someone. Her mother, only having one leg, had hobbled in on her crutches a few moments earlier. The young girl separated from the only person she was familiar with, began crying, now hiding behind the rest of the crowd, I searched through the mass to see where the crying noise was coming from. "She was obviously very poor, in her tattered old dress, totally worn out plastic flip-flops, her hair matted against her head indicating she hadn't had a bath in a long time and her skin blistered from the dirt and weather. "Once I saw her I quickly told the MP's to move the barbed wire back to let her in to join her mother. Her crying stopped as she darted in to grab a hold of her mother's long black dishdasha, torn and frayed from years of use. As she stood by her mother's side, grasping her dress, I moved over slowly to brush her stringy hair away from her eyes and to pat her gently on the head, as I told the guard to make sure they don't leave before I could return. "I quickly loaded up the sources in my car and returned them to my office in the palace. I told them to wait for a moment, while I rummaged through my FedEx box full of toys sent my by my teammates back home. I grabbed a comb, a brush, a pair of new flip-flops, a whistle, a stuffed monkey whose arms hang around your neck, and a new toothbrush and tooth paste and dashed out the door, telling my interpreter to come along. "As I made my way back over to the front gate, I saw the little girl and her mother waiting patiently anticipating my return, not knowing why I had asked them to wait. Bending down I handed her the items one by one, as I explained what each item was, to insure she knew what I was giving her, especially as I gave her the toothbrush, asking her to be sure to brush everyday. "Her eyes lit up with such joy as I put the monkey arms over her head. She was so excited to receive everything, being somewhat shy though, not having dealt with an American before. She was so precious as her big brown eyes looked up at me, causing me to almost breakdown into tears as I walked away quickly so as to not bring too much attention to the little girl from the on looking crowd."   For More Information See Chief Wiggles's blog. Copyright 2003 ToysForIraq.org

23 posted on 10/10/2003 1:16 PM EDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)
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Thank you for posting this, we just signed up!

24 posted on 10/10/2003 1:22 PM EDT by Tamsey ("Big government sounds too much like sluggish socialism."......Arnold Schwarzenegger)
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Thank you so much for posting these images and then the ping, doodlelady... I have such happy tears in my eyes after seeing the images of these children living life as they were meant to, free to learn and laugh and even just feel the sun on their faces.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

25 posted on 10/10/2003 1:28 PM EDT by Tamsey ("Big government sounds too much like sluggish socialism."......Arnold Schwarzenegger)
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Anyone know what the huge building in the background is?

26 posted on 10/10/2003 1:29 PM EDT by mikegi
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