Never underestimate the power of a good “walking stick”
FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq, Oct. 18, 2007 — A 72-year-old man stopped a suspected suicide bomber from detonating himself at a checkpoint in Arab Jabour, Oct. 14.
The man approached a checkpoint where Mudhehr Fayadh Baresh was standing guard, but did not make it very far.
Baresh, a tribal commissioner and member of the Arab Jabour Concerned Citizens program, said he ordered the man to lift his shirt – using training received from Coalition Forces – when he did not recognize him as a local villager.
The suspect refused to lift his shirt. Baresh repeated the command again, and the suspect exposed his suicide vest, running toward the checkpoint.
Baresh opened fire which caused the vest to detonate, killing the suspect.
Hell of a walking stick, eh?
“I did it for the honor of my family and the honor of my country,” said Baresh, when he met with Col. Terry Ferrell, commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division.
Lt. Col. Kenneth Adgie, commander of the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment presented Mudher with a battalion coin for his valor, Oct. 16.
Now, if only our liberals would help in completing the mission of the USA in Iraq, for the honor of the country.
Suffice to say, I could not find this story anywhere within the media, including Yahoo and Google News.
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