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A story that brought tears to my eyes -- Iraqi soldiers took up a collection and presented $1,000 to their American counterparts to forward on to victims of the California fires.

"The money was collected from Iraqi officers and enlisted soldiers in Besmaya. In a speech given during the presentation, Col. Abbass stated that he and the Iraqi soldiers were connected with the American people in many ways, and they will not forget the help that the American government has given the Iraqi people. Abbass was honored to participate by sending a simple fund of $1,000 to the American people in San Diego, to lower the suffering felt by the tragedy." 

Unfortunately <but not entirely surprising>, I read this story on worldnetdaily...not an MSM site. 

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The world seems exceedingly small to me this morning as I sit at a computer in North Africa reading about yesterday's partial birth abortion ruling from the Supreme Court. It's the first full news story I've read in almost a month and I can see that things haven't changed much in my absence. The headline reads "Abortion Ruling Emboldens Opponents." Maybe I'm super touchy, but the majority of time I see emboldens used when talking about insurgents and criminals. It's sort of a negative word to me, and certainly a negative spin on a very overdue and positive ruling.

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