A true hero

Gonz

Gonz

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I've been trying to find this story since election day...when I first heard about it.

The police & firefighters that died on 9/11 did so in accordance to thier job. Heroics was good PR. I'm not belittling them nor their job. I've always found the title Hero a little too emotional when attached to a job. They know the odds and the men & women who rushed up the towers did so believing they would walk down. They deserve our recognition & our thanks, without doubt. They deserve to be remembered as fallen heroes. Small "H".

This guy is a National Hero. He went above & beyond duty. He'll probably be on an Iraqi stamp one day. He personalizes the reason we're in Iraq. He changes the direction of the national mood. He personifies what Iraq can become.

Capt Abdul Amir Khadam. A true Hero.

Baghdad, Iraq — Policemen guarding a polling station in Baghdad's al-Mansour neighborhood Sunday recognized the suicide bomber immediately. The young man wore the same kind of Chinese-made high-top tennis shoes, leather jacket and red head scarf as an attacker at another site that same day.

Fourteen-year police veteran Abdul Amir al-Shuwayli, 29, acted without hesitation.

The bomber was steps away from joining a line of voters heading into the Al-Zahour Primary School when Shuwayli moved toward him, Police Capt. Firaz Mohammed Ali recalled. According to Ali, Shuwayli yelled, "Let me save the people, let me save my friends."

Shuwayli threw his arms around the bomber and drove him backward about 50 feet into an intersection. The rush seemed to catch the suicide attacker by surprise. He failed to throw a hand grenade. A second or two passed before he detonated an explosive belt, Police Lt. Col. Kadham Abbas said.

The blast shredded Shuwayli, whose body took the brunt of the explosion. It also tore the suicide bomber apart, leaving only his face intact. Shrapnel injured three other officers and perforated walls around the intersection. Windows in nearby homes shattered.

Voters continued to line up.
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Winky said:
It took balls to do THAT!
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Yep. This is a little different than a suicide bomber that's wacked out,
and thinking they are going to get...whatever it is they think.
 
I'm not sure what to think of the idea of someone becoming a police officer when he's 15.
 
Policemen guarding a polling station in Baghdad's al-Mansour neighborhood Sunday recognized the suicide bomber immediately. The young man wore the same kind of Chinese-made high-top tennis shoes, leather jacket and red head scarf as an attacker at another site that same day.
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But...but....but isn't that racial profiling? I mean, according to some folks we can't be going around making these assumptions based on nothing more than sneakers and jackets and head scarves. Can we? I mean, I thought it was a sin worse than death to target anyone simply because they look like the person who did something...right?

God, I'm so confused...somebody get Jesse Jackson on th' phone, wouldya?
 
Inkara1 said:
I'm not sure what to think of the idea of someone becoming a police officer when he's 15.
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We are talking about Iraq. Not very well versed in the whole underage employment issues thing. I'll bet he didn't even have to get a permit. The civil folks here in Indiana decided that kids need a work permit if they want to pay their way. :rolleyes:
 
My first job was me being part of the maintenance crew for the local fair during the summer between my junior and senior years. Even though it was during the summer, I had to go to my high school and get a work permit since I was under 18.
 
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Sounds like a :bs: way to get overly involved. When I was a kid, if we wanted a job we got applied like everybody else. We didn't need no stinking permit.
 
When I was a kid I own my own business. :D
I push a lawn-mower around the neighborhood, and cut peoples grass.
I did that one year, and hired on a second kid.
The third year a 3rd kid. :nerd:
Then we moved to the country (at that time, is now suburbs ...where I still live) and my uncle was the only one in walking distance, but he had a big yard,
and a riding mower, and paid well. (did that for another 3 years)
Then I turned 16 :D (you don't even want to know the job I took then)
 
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