Here’s a photo you sure won’t see on the news. I got this from Flopping Aces where you will find more photos that are too shocking for TV.
Hat Tip to Blue Star Chronicles.
Sphere: Related ContentU.S. Army Maj. Jeff Pugh helps Iraqi children put gravel on the new playground at the Al Shrooq Primary and Secondary School in Taji, Iraq, April 19, 2006. Pugh serves as a civil affairs officer with Company A, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, attached to 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Hunt.
May 19th, 2006 at 7:56 am
I have some Iraq photos from of my brother & Iraq. I would love to share with you!
May 19th, 2006 at 2:37 pm
Carol, do you really think you should post photos like that? Its’ just horrible, we should be so ashamed of our troops!
May 19th, 2006 at 2:40 pm
I’d like to see your photos ellie.
May 19th, 2006 at 3:17 pm
Ellie - I’d like to see your photos, too!
May 19th, 2006 at 3:59 pm
That really is very sweet. I’m sure if they’d bothered to teach more US soldiers Arabic, things would have been easier…
For pictures you really wouldn’t see on TV though (the BBC do regular feel-good features of this kind), have a look at Al-Jazeerah, Al-Arabiyah or one of the other Middle East Arabic channels.
May 19th, 2006 at 4:01 pm
Now that’s just silly. Just a few weeks ago I saw a 60 Minutes segment where they spent 20 minutes detailing all the good acts that were being done by US troops in Iraq. You’re focusing too much on the negative coverage, Carol–keep your eyes open for the good also!
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:05 am
The temp in Bagdad the other day was 120. The good major and others work in the heat in the summer and the cold of the winter, wearing protective vests, doing manual labor to help the Iraqi’s. The major knows if the kids run off, they will be under attack. A great early warning system. Of course, some of the bad guys care less about killing kids.
The lucky ones end their duty days/nights in a trailer with heat and a/c. They get a shower every week.
Hell, yes, I support our troops.