A heart-warming story amongst the horrors

[Spazito]

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - A Canadian soldier serving with peacekeeping forces in Afghanistan is heading a campaign to supply and equip an orphanage for more than 1,200 children in Kabul.

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As he wrote in his most recent column: "The children bother me the most. They are dirty, ill-clothed, and hungry – yet they smile. I try to think of what they could possibly have to smile about, and I come up empty. Their lives are a struggle for survival. I think, how much we take for granted, how lucky we are."


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Storring and his soldier friends have called the orphanage project "Mercury Crusade." He has managed to persuade the Canadian military to transport stuffed toys and clothing on resupply flights to Afghanistan.

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http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/08/20/storring_orphans030820




Isn't this the true way to win the hearts and minds?

[diamond14]

1. nice spin for the real BAD news coming out of Afghanistan...(link)

more little 'smiley' face, pollyanna, disneyworld Afghanistan stories...to counter the HORROR that has evolved there...like this REAL story in WP revealed yesterday....

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Afghans Mark Independence; 9 Cops Killed

By TODD PITMAN
The Associated Press
Tuesday, August 19, 2003; 2:07 PM

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KABUL, Afghanistan - War-ravaged Afghanistan celebrated its Independence Day on Tuesday, just after guerrillas with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns killed at least nine policemen in an ambush that capped one of the country's bloodiest weeks of violence in a year.

There were also new assaults on aid workers. Two Afghans were wounded when gunmen fired on their vehicle in the north, and five others beaten with rifle butts when their compound was ransacked west of the capital, Kabul, humanitarian officials said.

Elsewhere, attackers fired three rockets at a U.S. base in eastern Kunar province and detonated a bomb near coalition forces patrolling near the Pakistan border, the U.S. military said.



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14996-2003Aug19.html

[Spazito]

2. I don't know if you are aware that 1400 plus...

Canadian soldiers left for Afghanistan in July as part of multi-national force, pretty gutsy I say, given that the last time they were there, 4 were killed, 8 injured by "friendly" fire! And doing something good is not negated by bad news, it only shows that more compassion and caring is needed, not less!