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Subject: Iraqi children freed from prison by Coalition...
Written By: 80sRocked on 04/09/03 at 04:24 p.m.
This is a great thing.
I copied-and-pasted some of the high point of the story below, followed by the link for the complete story.
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Jailed Iraqi children run free as marines roll into Baghdad suburbs.
Around 150 children spilled out of the jail after the gates were opened as a US military Humvee vehicle approached, Lieutenant Colonel Fred Padilla told an AFP correspondent travelling with the Marines 5th Regiment.
"The children had been imprisoned because they had not joined the youth branch of the Baath party," he alleged. "Some of these kids had been in there for five years."
"Hundreds of kids were swarming us and kissing us," Padilla said.
"There were parents running up, so happy to have their kids back."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=1514&e=4&u=/afp/20030408/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_war_marines_prison_030408163048
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Subject: Re: Iraqi children freed from prison by Coalition.
Written By: Hairspray on 04/09/03 at 05:30 p.m.
That's excellent news. Thanks for sharing.