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Soldier Gets Iraqi Girl New Legs

Do No Evil – Staff Sgt. Luis Falcon, 38, was patrolling the streets of Baqouba, north of Baghdad, when he saw Shahad Abbas. The 11-year-old girl was in a large decrepit wheelchair, and the stumps of her legs where her calves should have been were crusted with dried blood.

Tags: Luis Falcon, Shahad Abbas, Legs, Wheelchair, Iraqi

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Rating: +7 (+7/-0) | 2008-05-13 13:23:29

catstevens

Here's a story the mainstream media will likely not cover..

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Rating: +7 (+7/-0) | 2008-05-13 14:41:47

cowboygrandpa

Yeah!!! They don't show the soldiers being a caring and giving human being. Just killing innocent civilians.

That always teed me off. We used to give kids all kinds of stuff. They are the innocents trapped in a war they don't understand or deserve.

Good post cat

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Rating: +7 (+7/-0) | 2008-05-13 14:44:35

Wolfie2007

What a great story! Reading this caused my day to take a upwards turn. A million blessings on Sgt. Luis Falcon and Shahad Abbas. Thanks cat.

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Rating: +4 (+4/-0) | 2008-05-13 15:19:36

TimALoftis

Great story...CNN had a segment yesterday on this.

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Rating: +4 (+4/-0) | 2008-05-13 15:29:13

TimALoftis

LA Times article with pics can be found here;

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2...

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Rating: +2 (+2/-0) | 2008-05-14 10:11:18

Dicax_Maximus

Tim - Nice backup !!!! About time the mainstream media reported the "other side" of the troops there !!!

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Rating: +5 (+5/-0) | 2008-05-13 16:29:31

aniokly

There are so many stories of our men, and women giving of themselves. Our people do so much good. I am so proud of them. We will always hear about the bad people, but the good one go unheralded. Thank you, Cat for the Article.

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Rating: +5 (+5/-0) | 2008-05-13 17:27:18

catstevens

In the midst of elections and the mainstream media wanting those against the war to win, the stories are not played the way the should be.

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Rating: +5 (+5/-0) | 2008-05-13 19:43:36

tanglang

Good lookng out Cat. Thanks for sending me this. God bless our troops and the good that they do.

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Rating: +4 (+4/-0) | 2008-05-14 00:16:27

AlphaGnosis

Keep up the good work, cat.

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Rating: +2 (+2/-0) | 2008-05-14 10:12:16

Dicax_Maximus

DAMM, but it's nice to see a "good news" story !!!

Ace find CAT !!!!!!!

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