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Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:00 AM

"The war as we saw it"

Two of the active-duty U.S. soldiers who wrote a controversial Op-Ed in the New York Times questioning the direction of the Iraq war died Monday in Baghdad. Here are their words.

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  • Wednesday, September 12, 2007 04:13 PM

    the essence of what a hero is

    Sgt. Omar Mora and Staff Sgt. Yance T. Gray may you know peace and may your families know the honor of raising young men who are true heroes. To to write that article while in the armed services was truly an act of valor and loyalty to their country unequaled by others.To see clearly when others blind themselves,to have the courage to speak that truth amidst enemies who seek to silence it in order to promulgate lies, these men are martyrs to truth and exemplify the best of what America could hope for in it's young.They join the many other journalists who have received death , attempting to tell what is taking place in Iraq ,what an unjust American policy has wrought there and they will be sorely missed here on Earth.

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