Grinder
3 August 2003, 18:22
families not to forget the fallen
service members who gave them their freedom. "We can honor their memory by
completing the task of building a free, democratic Iraq, a country with a
government of the Iraqi people, by the Iraqi people, and for the Iraqi people,"
he said.
He urged them to honor the sacrifices of the coalition soldiers by "finishing
the work that they and so many others gave their lives for."
During the memorial a moment of silence was observed for the victims in Iraq
and a presentation was made documenting U.S. and Iraqi efforts to uncover the
remains of those missing in Iraq. There were also remarks by a representative
from a victim's family.
Before departing, Wolfowitz was presented with two abstract drawings by Iraqi
artists Hussein Alawan and Ahmen Barakat. The pictures, done in charcoal,
depicted the artists' view of the human tragedy that millions of Iraqis
suffered under Saddam's brutal regime.
service members who gave them their freedom. "We can honor their memory by
completing the task of building a free, democratic Iraq, a country with a
government of the Iraqi people, by the Iraqi people, and for the Iraqi people,"
he said.
He urged them to honor the sacrifices of the coalition soldiers by "finishing
the work that they and so many others gave their lives for."
During the memorial a moment of silence was observed for the victims in Iraq
and a presentation was made documenting U.S. and Iraqi efforts to uncover the
remains of those missing in Iraq. There were also remarks by a representative
from a victim's family.
Before departing, Wolfowitz was presented with two abstract drawings by Iraqi
artists Hussein Alawan and Ahmen Barakat. The pictures, done in charcoal,
depicted the artists' view of the human tragedy that millions of Iraqis
suffered under Saddam's brutal regime.