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today . I'm

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Freedom General Iraq American troops

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hunt on insurgents and one of America's

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biggest radio icons goes to Fallujah .

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Running to this edition of Freedom

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Journal Iraq . I'm Army Sergeant

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Michelle guy . And here's a look at

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events shaping the region . Coalition

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forces raided two occasions northwest

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of the large one terrorist was killed

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and four suspects detained in the

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operation . Troops were searching for

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members of al Qaeda in the area .

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Forces started suicide guest multiple

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claymore mines and other explosives .

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Near the safe house . 101st Airborne

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Division soldiers and Iraqi police

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captured two suspected terror cell

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leaders in Kirkuk crucial to detain

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eight other alleged insurgents during

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the search . The al Qaeda leaders are

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wanted for planning kidnappings and

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bombings in the area . The screaming

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Eagle troops for the 105th Brigade

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combat team found an improvised

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explosive device placed near village

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graveyard near Kirkuk . It's the second

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time in a week I E Ds were discovered

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at the site Serving countless nights in

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the field , traveling many miles by

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foot , £50 loads on their backs .

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Looking for bad guys is the life of

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many infantrymen in Iraq specialists of

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Norton's hands along permission with

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american troops on the hank for paris .

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Late on a cold

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cloudy night under the cover of a

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starless pitch black sky soldiers from

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First Battalion five oh second Infantry

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Regiment , one of First Airborne

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Division air assaulted into Sadr

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Yusufiyah for a six day mission in

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support of Operation Glory Light where

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their main objective was setting off

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the six year position . I was

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supporting effort to second of the five

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second to block avenues of approach

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leading south from Saudi Sofia .

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Suppose that that was the last strong

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haven or safe haven for the insurgents

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in this area . So we're trying to

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establish a foothold there and so we

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can push those out of . Are you ? One

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of the more successful moments for

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these soldiers was uncovering a couple

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i E . Ds along the roadway and then

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watching an explosive ordinance

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disposal team detonate the devices .

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After disposing of

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the potentially catastrophic explosives ,

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the soldiers packed up and moved to

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another location , hiking through

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fields , jumping small canals and even

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waiting through larger ones . I'm not

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after reaching their destination . They

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took to the streets , going house to

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house talking to the locals trying to

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gather any information they could about

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terrorists in the area on what size of

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what they were . Just go out and engage

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with people asking a few questions that

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they've seen anything , any key places ,

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stuff might be going on or people that

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can direct a student might know more

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just asking how the conditions are they

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have limited mobility if they can go

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throughout the town freely or there's

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any places they're not allowed to go or

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any threats being made toward them .

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Just pretty much how their lives are a

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couple people this town were helpful .

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They told us there were some people

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that didn't belong here that came

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through and uh try to usually stay away

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from them because they don't want to

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endanger their families . Looking back .

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Captain Board Well said he is proud of

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his soldiers contribution to the

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overall mission and how they helped

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local Iraqis as well . They

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accomplished the mission by doing a

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good blocking position . The they had

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to deal with some indirect fire from

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direct fire a couple RPgs , but for the

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most part um they made sure and

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continue that building the relations

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with the foreign nationals . Captain

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Board well , went on to say that the

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soldiers did a great job of overcoming

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adversities such as conserving their

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food and water and adapting to their

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environment , reporting from

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Muhammadiyah Iraq . I'm specialist

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joseph Norton . Yeah ,

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the Tigris River is the lifeline for a

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better life here in Baghdad , but

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making this river state is a huge

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responsibility . Army Sergeant bobbie

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Stadium introduces us to the Iraqi

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police to patrol this waterway .

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For years , the Tigris River has gone

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on patrol , but that is about to change ,

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hampered by a lack of equipment and

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inadequate training . The Iraqi police

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are now ready to take control of this

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river because of the insurgency . Now

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we're going to have to bring

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up river patrol to a point where

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they're able to go out on the river and

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confront people who are using the river

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to transport arms and explosives and

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people down into Baghdad for

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use against coalition forces against

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their own people and intense training

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enables these experienced officers be

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even more effective in keeping the

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Miles of river secure the men say the

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edit equipment makes their jobs a

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little easier . We're glad to

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have the new boats . Now we can conduct

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patrols and protect our city .

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Uh New river boats are equipped with

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the latest navigation communication and

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are well armed . The Iraqi policemen

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say it's a far cry from the days when

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these men had no equipment and no

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training and I discovered these men are

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very well trained and very dedicated

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within the scope of their previous

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mission to search and rescue .

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Uh these men

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uh know that they're on the wrong

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side of the insurgency . They know

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their targets . One of the main job is

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to open river traffic . So goods can be

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shipped throughout the country . But

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first the waterways must be made safe .

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The Iraqis say that they hope they're

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making progress towards taking charge

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and making life better for all Army

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Sergeant bobbie State um Baghdad , Iran

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after the break , one of America's

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biggest radio icons , coastal pollution

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stay with

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you have to do

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things have applied tremendous courage

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time and time again and at the same

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time you have to show sensitivity and

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human qualities as you deal with people

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in areas like Afghanistan and Iraq . So

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it's a tremendous challenge and no one ,

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no nation has ever been blessed with a

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better group than you

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welcome back troops in Western Iraq

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don't get many visitors , but one

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american radio icon made his way to the

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area so he could see firsthand what

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american forces are going through

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Marine staff Sergeant Amy foresight has

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more nationally syndicated talk show

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host G . Gordon ? Liddy was recently on

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assignment covering marines operating

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in the Al Anbar province , famous for

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his involvement in the Watergate

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scandals . Lady tired of hearing second

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hand accounts explains what led him

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here , decided to come over here myself

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and find out for myself and report to

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the american people for reporters new

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to covering the military . A trip to a

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hot spot like Iraq can be exciting and

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career enhancing . But it's even better

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when they get an interactive experience .

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What of Univision's hottest radio

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personalities , Monica data spoke to

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spanish speaking marines from second

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Thanks italian , based at Camp Lejeune

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north Carolina to get their perspective ,

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they are really feeling that they are

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serving to the real mission and they

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have a big , you know , objective in

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this mission . So they feel okay

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despite that some media have reported

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the war in Iraq . The embedded reporter

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program has been hugely successful and

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one thing's for certain for the marines

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here at the take yard a camp Fallujah .

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They welcome the opportunity to tell

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their story firsthand . I think it's a

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great opportunity to get celebrities

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out here to see what's going on . See

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that it's not all bad . The job that

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we're doing is better for the Iraqi .

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The Iraqi people um that we're not over

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here just wasting our time . The tanker

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marines enjoyed the opportunity to tell

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their story firsthand . Plus g Gordon

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liddy fans were able to shake his hand

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and take pictures with the icon . It

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seems that people are interested in

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what we're doing out here . I think

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this should be done more often . People

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going to see firsthand exactly really

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what's going on . The more people that

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come to it , the more truth that

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actually gets out there to the people

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back home . Operation Iraqi Freedom

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enters its fourth year and still

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reporters from around the world

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continue to be drawn here as long as

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there's a story to be told from Camp

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Fallujah on Staff Sergeant Amy Corset ,

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thanks for watching the newscast to

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bring you the story from the frontline

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of the war on terror and Operation

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Iraqi . Freedom from all of us here at

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a FM and freedom generally rather have

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a great day

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