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Today in Fargo there is a fund raiser over at Hornbachers on 32nd put on by the ND National Guard 141st Engineer Combat Battalion to raise money for "Mrs. M" and her family. The family is from Iraq and they played a critical role as informants for our own North Dakota soldiers from the 141st. Unfortunately "Mr. M" payed the ultimate price for his efforts as he was murdered by insurgents this past January. Because of this "Mrs. M" and her children now fear for their lives in Iraq.
The soldiers of the 141st have now made it their mission to get this family out of harms way in Iraq and into a safe home here in Fargo.
If we didn't know enough about the character of our soldiers defending us overseas, we do now. What a loyal bunch of guys.
I think this story also says something about the people of Iraq. We saw it during their elections earlier this year (remember the purple fingers?) and we have seen it again now. These people are willing to put their own lives in danger in order to live in freedom, away from the oppression and tyranny of the Hussein regime.
I actually just got back from Hornbachers where I had brats and got a chance to talk with some of the soldiers. That was the best $20 brat I ever had. The soldiers of the 141st were playing a slide-show for the crowd of all their pictures from Iraq. Definitely not the type of footage that would find its way to the American television viewer via the liberal media . You know, soldiers blowing bubbles with little Iraqi kids, Iraqi men waving American flags, U.S. soldiers piping running water into areas of Iraq that have never had running water before, repulsive stuff like that.
Basically the kind of footage that makes the Left cringe in horror.
Click here for more information on "Mr. M"
If anyone is willing to help out this courageous woman and her 7 children click here for donation options.
UPDATE
Here's a picture I took of our Conressional Rep Earl P0meroy (D-N.D.) out braving the elements and serving up some brats for the sizeable crowd in attendance.
According to everything I've read, Earl is helping our soldiers out by cutting through a lot of immigration red tape to get this family to saftey in the US. Hats off to Rep. Pomeroy for helping the soldiers carry out their new mission.
Also, Gov. Hoeven was scheduled to be at the fund-raiser. Unfortunately I missed out on him. That would have been another great pic.
Today in Fargo there is a fund raiser over at Hornbachers on 32nd put on by the ND National Guard 141st Engineer Combat Battalion to raise money for "Mrs. M" and her family. The family is from Iraq and they played a critical role as informants for our own North Dakota soldiers from the 141st. Unfortunately "Mr. M" payed the ultimate price for his efforts as he was murdered by insurgents this past January. Because of this "Mrs. M" and her children now fear for their lives in Iraq.
The soldiers of the 141st have now made it their mission to get this family out of harms way in Iraq and into a safe home here in Fargo.
The Forum- "This family was such a huge part of saving American lives, especially North Dakota lives," Beckert said. "They gave us such good intelligence to curb that terrorism."
But since "Mr. M.'s" murder in January, his family's concern for safety has steadily grown. Members of the 141st have made it their personal mission to help get the family to the United States...
Capt. Grant Wilz of Bismarck hopes $10,000 in money and/or household item donations will be raised to help the family during their first six months here.
"He was a true patriot for the liberation of Iraq," Wilz said of "Mr. M."
"We want to do this effort " to assist this family in their transition from life in fear and poverty in Iraq to hopefully making a life of their own," he added.
Wilz said "Mr. M.'s" family is under "significant threat and danger," so he can't say when they will leave Iraq for Fargo.
If we didn't know enough about the character of our soldiers defending us overseas, we do now. What a loyal bunch of guys.
I think this story also says something about the people of Iraq. We saw it during their elections earlier this year (remember the purple fingers?) and we have seen it again now. These people are willing to put their own lives in danger in order to live in freedom, away from the oppression and tyranny of the Hussein regime.
I actually just got back from Hornbachers where I had brats and got a chance to talk with some of the soldiers. That was the best $20 brat I ever had. The soldiers of the 141st were playing a slide-show for the crowd of all their pictures from Iraq. Definitely not the type of footage that would find its way to the American television viewer via the liberal media . You know, soldiers blowing bubbles with little Iraqi kids, Iraqi men waving American flags, U.S. soldiers piping running water into areas of Iraq that have never had running water before, repulsive stuff like that.
Basically the kind of footage that makes the Left cringe in horror.
Click here for more information on "Mr. M"
If anyone is willing to help out this courageous woman and her 7 children click here for donation options.
UPDATE
Here's a picture I took of our Conressional Rep Earl P0meroy (D-N.D.) out braving the elements and serving up some brats for the sizeable crowd in attendance.
According to everything I've read, Earl is helping our soldiers out by cutting through a lot of immigration red tape to get this family to saftey in the US. Hats off to Rep. Pomeroy for helping the soldiers carry out their new mission.
Also, Gov. Hoeven was scheduled to be at the fund-raiser. Unfortunately I missed out on him. That would have been another great pic.
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