an Iraqi hero
Feb. 16th, 2005 03:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
winterbadgerI haven't had time to check any Iraq blogs in quite a while. This is from "I Should Have Stayed Home" (http://ishouldhavestayedhome.blogspot.com/)
Yes, I take it at face value, because I see no reason to doubt it. And whatever you think of the war or the way the postwar period has beenbungled handled by the administration, I think you have to respect this kind of sacrifice.
A real hero
From a source in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior:
Baghdad Police HQ reported that at 1200 hrs today, Police Constable Abd al Amir was killed in the line of duty at the Khalil bin Walid Polling Center in the Yarmuk section of Baghdad. Abd al Amir identified a suspicious man wearing an explosives belt, and immediately tackled him, shielding the lines of voters with his body, and dying instantly when the terrorist detonated his belt.
Yes, I take it at face value, because I see no reason to doubt it. And whatever you think of the war or the way the postwar period has been
