this is an e-mail sent to me from a friend....NUFF SAID, i should mention he is a civilian (crane operator)
WELL HOWDY BOYS N GIRLS BACK N THE WORLD !
JUST ABOUT DONE HERE WITH MY FIRST YEAR IN IRAQ AND LET ME TELL YA ITS BEEN A REAL HOOT !
CANT BELIEVE ITS GONE BY SO FAST AND THE THINGS IV SEEN AFTER ALL THIS TIME AND ALL THE FOLKS IV MET FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND EVEN MY LIL 4 AND 6 AND 8 LEGGED FRIENDS ( YALL REMEMBER OL MICKEY N SQUEEKY N FLAPPY THE BAT !) WELL I MADE NEW FRIEN WHEN I WAS IN BAIJI WITH OL FRANKY THE FOX ! YALL SEEN THE PICS !
ANYWAY IV BEEN TO SEVERAL PLACES IN THE LST 4 WEEKS BAIJI TIKRIT BAGHDAD AND BACK HERE IN KIRKUK AGAIN ! ONE REALY BIG THING STANDS OUT IN MY OBSERVATIONS AND THAT IS THE CHANGES FOR THE BETTER IN BAGHDAD THAT THE MEDIA REFUSES TO SHOW BACK HOME ! WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE LAST YEAR AND WE LANDED AT BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IT WAS THE MOST DESEARTED AIRPORT ID EVER SEEN NOTHING BUT GLOBAL SECURITY WALKING AROUND WITH AK47S AND SHOT GUNS AND OF COURSE IMAGRATION AND OUR SECURITY TOO ! NOT ONE PERSON IN THE AIRPORT OTHER THEN THAT PLUS NO ELECTRICITY AND I FORGOT ABOUT ALL THE JET ENGINE AND PLANE PARTS AND PEICES LAYING ALL OVER NEAR THE RUNWAY HERE AND THERE ! AND ON THE HIGHWAY GOING TO THE GREEN ZONE NOT ONE RUNNING CAR LOTS OF BLOWN UP CARS BUT ONLY A PERSON R 2 WALKING R RIDING SOME TYPE OF 4 LEEGED TRANSPOE LIKE CAMEL R MULE R YAK R WHAT EVER MAN ! STUFF THE NEWS LIKES TO SHOW U KNOW BAD SH!$ !
BUT LET ME TELL U FIRST HAND BOYS N GIRLS WHEN I WENT THROUGH BAGHDAD THE LAST 2 TIMES THIS MONTH SURE THERE WAS STILL ALOT OF SECURITY WITH THE GUNS AND ALL BUT I COULD NOT BELEIVE THE CHANGES IN ATTITUDES AND THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF AIRPORT ! FOLKS THAT AIRPORT WAS FULL WITH SHOPS OPEN AND PEOPLE WITH SMILES ON THEIR FACES AND MUSIC OVER THE SPEAKERS AND GOOD MUSIC TOO NOT THAT ALIBABA NOISE AAAHHHHHEEEEAAAAHHHHEEEEHHAAAA SOUNDING LIKE SOMEONE TRYING TO PASS A GIANT CACTUS OUT THEIR ASS R SOMETHING ANYWAY AND TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY EVEN AND REAL PLANES ON THE RUNWAY ALL UNMARKED BUT THEY R THERE ..
ALSO COMING INTO KIRKUK I COULD SEE MORE TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY THEN BEFORE .. NOW DONT GET ME WRONG THER IS STILL ALOT OF BAD STUFF HAPPENING CAUSE I HADNT BEEN BACK HERE 30 MINS WHEN WE GOT HIT INSIDE THE WIRE AND LOST 2 SOLDIERS 1 MALE 1 FEMALE AND A COUPLE OF BADLY INJURED ! SO THERE IS STILL WORK TO BE DONE BUT PROGREES IS BEING MADE AS FARE AS I CAN SEE AND OTHERS HERE SEE ALSO .. WISH I HAD MORE TIME TO TELL MORE BUT FOLKS JUST SUPPORT THE TROOPS AND DONT BELEIVE EVERYTHING ON TV R I GUESS U CAN BELEIVE WHAT EVER U WANT BUT IM JUST PASSING MY OBSERVATIONS ON FOLKS ! GOT TO GO SO REMEBER TO KEEP HE SAND BETWEEN UR TOES AND SALTWATER IN UR VAINS AND ILL BE HOME SOON !
HOWARD
WELL HOWDY BOYS N GIRLS BACK N THE WORLD !
JUST ABOUT DONE HERE WITH MY FIRST YEAR IN IRAQ AND LET ME TELL YA ITS BEEN A REAL HOOT !
CANT BELIEVE ITS GONE BY SO FAST AND THE THINGS IV SEEN AFTER ALL THIS TIME AND ALL THE FOLKS IV MET FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND EVEN MY LIL 4 AND 6 AND 8 LEGGED FRIENDS ( YALL REMEMBER OL MICKEY N SQUEEKY N FLAPPY THE BAT !) WELL I MADE NEW FRIEN WHEN I WAS IN BAIJI WITH OL FRANKY THE FOX ! YALL SEEN THE PICS !
ANYWAY IV BEEN TO SEVERAL PLACES IN THE LST 4 WEEKS BAIJI TIKRIT BAGHDAD AND BACK HERE IN KIRKUK AGAIN ! ONE REALY BIG THING STANDS OUT IN MY OBSERVATIONS AND THAT IS THE CHANGES FOR THE BETTER IN BAGHDAD THAT THE MEDIA REFUSES TO SHOW BACK HOME ! WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE LAST YEAR AND WE LANDED AT BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IT WAS THE MOST DESEARTED AIRPORT ID EVER SEEN NOTHING BUT GLOBAL SECURITY WALKING AROUND WITH AK47S AND SHOT GUNS AND OF COURSE IMAGRATION AND OUR SECURITY TOO ! NOT ONE PERSON IN THE AIRPORT OTHER THEN THAT PLUS NO ELECTRICITY AND I FORGOT ABOUT ALL THE JET ENGINE AND PLANE PARTS AND PEICES LAYING ALL OVER NEAR THE RUNWAY HERE AND THERE ! AND ON THE HIGHWAY GOING TO THE GREEN ZONE NOT ONE RUNNING CAR LOTS OF BLOWN UP CARS BUT ONLY A PERSON R 2 WALKING R RIDING SOME TYPE OF 4 LEEGED TRANSPOE LIKE CAMEL R MULE R YAK R WHAT EVER MAN ! STUFF THE NEWS LIKES TO SHOW U KNOW BAD SH!$ !
BUT LET ME TELL U FIRST HAND BOYS N GIRLS WHEN I WENT THROUGH BAGHDAD THE LAST 2 TIMES THIS MONTH SURE THERE WAS STILL ALOT OF SECURITY WITH THE GUNS AND ALL BUT I COULD NOT BELEIVE THE CHANGES IN ATTITUDES AND THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF AIRPORT ! FOLKS THAT AIRPORT WAS FULL WITH SHOPS OPEN AND PEOPLE WITH SMILES ON THEIR FACES AND MUSIC OVER THE SPEAKERS AND GOOD MUSIC TOO NOT THAT ALIBABA NOISE AAAHHHHHEEEEAAAAHHHHEEEEHHAAAA SOUNDING LIKE SOMEONE TRYING TO PASS A GIANT CACTUS OUT THEIR ASS R SOMETHING ANYWAY AND TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY EVEN AND REAL PLANES ON THE RUNWAY ALL UNMARKED BUT THEY R THERE ..
ALSO COMING INTO KIRKUK I COULD SEE MORE TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY THEN BEFORE .. NOW DONT GET ME WRONG THER IS STILL ALOT OF BAD STUFF HAPPENING CAUSE I HADNT BEEN BACK HERE 30 MINS WHEN WE GOT HIT INSIDE THE WIRE AND LOST 2 SOLDIERS 1 MALE 1 FEMALE AND A COUPLE OF BADLY INJURED ! SO THERE IS STILL WORK TO BE DONE BUT PROGREES IS BEING MADE AS FARE AS I CAN SEE AND OTHERS HERE SEE ALSO .. WISH I HAD MORE TIME TO TELL MORE BUT FOLKS JUST SUPPORT THE TROOPS AND DONT BELEIVE EVERYTHING ON TV R I GUESS U CAN BELEIVE WHAT EVER U WANT BUT IM JUST PASSING MY OBSERVATIONS ON FOLKS ! GOT TO GO SO REMEBER TO KEEP HE SAND BETWEEN UR TOES AND SALTWATER IN UR VAINS AND ILL BE HOME SOON !
HOWARD
