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September 09, 2005

Where Their Mouth Is

You'd think they have enough trouble to deal with on their own.

But a group of Iraqi troops made a good-sized donation to New Orleans' flood victims:

Iraqi soldiers serving at Taji military base collected 1,000,000 Iraqi dinars for victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Iraqi Col. Abbas Fadhil, Iraqi base commander, presented the money to U.S. Col. Paul D. Linkenhoker, Taji Coalition base commander, at a Sept. 5 staff meeting.

“We are all brothers,” said Abbas. “When one suffers tragedy, we all suffer their pain.”

The amount of money is small in American dollars - roughly $680 - but it represents a huge act of compassion from Iraqi soldiers to their American counterparts, said U.S. Army Maj. Michael Goyne.

“I was overwhelmed by the amount of their generosity,” Goyne said. “I was proud and happy to know Col. Abbas, his officers, NCOs and fellow soldiers. That amount represents a month’s salary for most of those soldiers.”

That is, frankly, pretty amazing.

And a very cool thing.

Posted by Mitch at September 9, 2005 04:23 PM | TrackBack
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Ya gotta love that!

Posted by: Colleen at September 9, 2005 07:08 PM
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