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we're joined now by corporal Mohammed

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km . A sacrament of Muslims serving in

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Iraq during this holy month . Good

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morning . Good morning . Good

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morning . Would like to ask you , we

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understand that you have to refrain

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from eating and drinking during the day .

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Is that very difficult ? Especially

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during the heat of day in Iraq or on

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patrol . A little more difficult than

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duck in the States here . The good

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thing is that temperatures cool down a

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lot from last month , so it's not as

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hard anymore . Yeah . So are you given

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any allowances in terms of what you're

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able to eat or drink or you truly going

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the whole day casting the same rules .

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I don't eat anything or drink anything

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until sundown . Can you tell

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us also as an american muslim ,

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are you having any difficulties

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following the traditions of your

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religion as you fight in a country

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where there are many other Muslims .

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Actually the support of my chain of

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command has been great here . I've been

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getting a lot of support from the

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people I work with . If I have any

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special accommodate with a

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surprise and a good support .

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You understand you've been on a couple

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of two words , You are an aviation

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mechanic . Do you know when you'll be

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coming back home to sacramento

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sometime early next year at

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the family is looking forward to your

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safe return ?

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Yes , I think , oh ,

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okay , corporal , thank you so much for

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being with us and sharing your

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experience . Ramadan by the way ,

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started september 23rd and ends october

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22nd