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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

The Good...

Soldiers befriend Iraqi children
Kids unafraid of gentle giants with body armor, dark glasses, weaponry

WND for the rest of the story...

Grunds Comment: Finally someone telling the good.  It seems all the main line media wants to do is the "if it bleeds, it leads" type of news.  Excellent article.

Here's some more of The Good:

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Donkeys loaded with medical supplies and humanitarian aid accompany members of the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team, Aug. 7, 2007. The Provincial Reconstruction Team members made an 11-mile round trip trek over a mountain pass into a river valley to provide medical care to Afghans living in Roydara, a village in the Shutol District of Panjshir province, Afghanistan. Housed at Forward Operating Base Lion in the Hindu Kush mountains, the 40-member team consists of U.S. military members from the Army, Air Force, government civilians and interpreters. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ralph Binion III, a Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team member and services craftsman, stops to share a laugh with village boys, Aug. 7, 2007. Binion and his fellow team members made an 11-mile round trip trek over a mountain pass into a river valley to provide medical care to Afghans living in Roydara, a village in the Shutol District of Panjshir province, Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi

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U.S. Air Force Capt. Kevin Kubly, (second from right), and Staff Sgt. Andre Sanchez-Romero, (center) both members of the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team, listen as a villager explains his health-related concerns to them through an interpreter, Aug. 7, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Christopher Luedtke, (left), Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team commander, listens as an elder explains the most pressing infrastructure needs of his village through an interpreter, Aug. 7, 2007. Luedtke led a team of Provincial Reconstruction Team members on an 11-mile round trip trek via a mountain pass for the visit. The trek has led them to a river valley to provide medical care to Afghans living in Roydara, a village in the Shutol District of Panjshir province, Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi

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