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10-24-08, 05:41 AM
U.S. Troops See Little Combat in Anbar Province, Once Iraq's Most Dangerous Area
Thursday , October 23, 2008
By Steve Harrigan
HADITHA, Iraq —
In one of the world's most heavily armed congregations, the prayers of U.S. Marines are changing. When the Navy chaplain in Haditha trades his Kevlar vest for a priest's alb, he hears less about surviving today's battle and more about the future.
"Many of them are concerned with trying to maintain that sort of relationship with their wives or girlfriends; that comes up. The second thing is their future — a lot of them are at that age where they are trying to decide what they want to do" said Chaplain Paul Shaughnessy.
There is time to think about that future now because the daily fighting is over in Anbar province, home of Fallujah, Ramadi and Haditha — what was once the most dangerous part of Iraq.
Where troops once couldn't move more than 100 yards without getting into a firefight, life has changed dramatically. Some Marines tell FOX News that in the past ten months they haven't fired their weapons a single time.
Video
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,443743,00.html
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http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,5433,00.html
Ellie
Thursday , October 23, 2008
By Steve Harrigan
HADITHA, Iraq —
In one of the world's most heavily armed congregations, the prayers of U.S. Marines are changing. When the Navy chaplain in Haditha trades his Kevlar vest for a priest's alb, he hears less about surviving today's battle and more about the future.
"Many of them are concerned with trying to maintain that sort of relationship with their wives or girlfriends; that comes up. The second thing is their future — a lot of them are at that age where they are trying to decide what they want to do" said Chaplain Paul Shaughnessy.
There is time to think about that future now because the daily fighting is over in Anbar province, home of Fallujah, Ramadi and Haditha — what was once the most dangerous part of Iraq.
Where troops once couldn't move more than 100 yards without getting into a firefight, life has changed dramatically. Some Marines tell FOX News that in the past ten months they haven't fired their weapons a single time.
Video
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,443743,00.html
Photos
http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,5433,00.html
Ellie