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Bottoms up in Baghdad

December
23

Good news for at least some of the troops who will be spending Super Bowl Sunday in Iraq. The powers that be have announced that a few will be able to enjoy the big game and a cold one, or two, at the same time. Troops in Iraq are prohibited from consuming alcohol under General Order No. 1, but this year they’re making an exception for the Super Bowl, according to this story in the Stars&Stripes.

Being away from home is tough on GIs, and anything that brings home a little closer is a good thing.

Cheers!

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 at 4:36 pm by Rich Liebson. Print this Post | Email This Post

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One Response to “Bottoms up in Baghdad”

  1. joseph s cohen

    Rich hello first i want to wish you and all the troops a merry xmas and a happy up coming new year. Also a special thanks to you and your many articles in support of the present and other veterans veterans familys and all those gallent men and women who protect us every day in our armed forces. God bless them and god bless america Keep up the good work in 2009 as their are many important issues facing our veterans veterans familys service people facing us your friend joe cohen

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KatieRich Liebson is a "military brat" who grew up on bases in the U.S. and Germany during his father's 23-year career as an Air Force enlisted man. Rich enlisted in the Army in 1976 and until his discharge in 1980 was assigned to the 78th Engineer Battalion in Ettlingen, Germany, as a public information specialist and translator. He's been a reporter at The Journal News and its forerunner, the Reporter Dispatch, for more than 20 years. During that time he's covered a variety of beats and has written frequently about veterans and veterans issues.
HemaHema Easley was born and raised in India, where she worked as a reporter for The Associated Press and United Press International. While in India she wrote about the insurgency in Indian-controlled Kashmir and covered the 1999 India-Pakistan conflict in the mountains of Kashmir. She joined The Journal News in 2002. She has covered municipal government in Westchester and now covers on social services in Rockland as well as military issues.

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