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<DIV><SPAN class=131563019-02082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
bad news is, your picture did not transmit.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=131563019-02082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
good news is, I have seen it before - several times...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=131563019-02082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Alaric</FONT> </SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
elfsea-bounces+glen.d.wilkerson=lmco.com@ansteorra.org
[mailto:elfsea-bounces+glen.d.wilkerson=lmco.com@ansteorra.org] <B>On Behalf
Of </B>Michelle Dodd<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 02, 2004 2:24
PM<BR><B>To:</B> House-Bloodstone@yahoogroups.com; elfsea@ansteorra.org;
steppes@ansteorra.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Elfsea] Bronze
Soldier<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #8000ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">This
statue currently stands outside the Iraqi palace, now home to the 4th
Infantry division. It will eventually be shipped home and put in the memorial
museum in </SPAN><ST1:PLACE><ST1:CITY><FONT face=Arial size=4
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="14" BACK="#ffffff"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #8000ff; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Fort
Hood</SPAN></FONT></ST1:CITY><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #8000ff; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">,
</SPAN></FONT><ST1:STATE><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #8000ff; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Texas</SPAN></FONT></ST1:STATE></ST1:PLACE></FONT><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #8000ff; FONT-FAM: Arial">.
<BR><BR>The statue was created by an <U>Iraqi artist</U> named Kalat, who for
years was forced by Saddam Hussein to make the many hundreds of bronze busts
of Saddam that dotted </SPAN></FONT><ST1:CITY><ST1:PLACE><FONT face=Arial
size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #8000ff; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Baghdad</SPAN></FONT></ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=#000000 size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #8000ff; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.
<BR><BR>Kalat was so grateful for the Americans liberation of his
country; he melted 3 of the heads of the fallen Saddam and made
the statue as a memorial to the American soldiers and their fallen
warriors. Kalat worked on this memorial night and day for several
months. <BR><BR>To the left of the kneeling soldier is a small Iraqi girl
giving the soldier comfort as he mourns the loss of his comrade in arms.
<BR><BR>Do you know why we don't hear a! bout this in the news? Because
it is heart warming and praise wo rthy. The media avoids it because it
does not have the shock effect that a flashed breast or controversy of
politics does. But we can do something about it.
We can pass this along to as many people as we can in honor of all our brave
military who is making a difference. </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2
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<P><FONT color=#0033ff>Celebrate who you are. After all, you can't be anyone
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