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...Iraqi insurgent and an American soldier--have more in common than one might expect. Both are fathers who care deeply about their children and their country. Both see their jobs as their duty. Both pray each time they head out on a new mission. "They have their way of fighting, and we have our way of fighting," says Ahmed, who fingers amber-colored prayer beads as he talks. "Everyone wants to defend his country and his honor." Says Bear: "I want my wife and family to be proud of me because what I am doing is protecting them...
Despite the risks, Bear doesn't second-guess his mission. "Why do I think that I'm here? The answer is, to help the Iraqi people," says Bear. "I don't believe that we're part of any rogue U.S. government plot to take all the oil. We don't want to turn this into a little America. We just want to help people." Bear says he wants to "make sure Iraqi kids have some of the opportunities my kids have." The walls of his quarters are decorated with drawings from his two children back home in Fort Bragg...
...chance meeting with a United Nations official at a conference during the Rhodes Scholar’s years writing for The New Republic, a magazine critiquing domestic and world affairs, caused Mousavizadeh to join the U.N. mission in Bosnia...
...mission of Hillel is to be a catalyst of Jewish life on campus,” Hillel President Josh I. Rosenbloom ’05 said. “We wanted to make resources available from our budget so that we could help students, outside of Hillel, increase their Jewish experiences...
...only way to get home cooking is to cook it at home. Luckily, shops like Polskie Delikatesy, Le Roi du Jambon and Charcuterie Hongroise import meats, pickles, spices and canned sauerkraut. But sometimes you can find home in unlikely places. Many evenings after work, staff at the Czech mission to the E.U. gather in a Congolese bar called Beverly Hills, in the African neighborhood Matonge. It's one of the few places in Brussels with Pilsner Urquell on tap. Mission spokeswoman Petra Masínová calls the experience "strange but pleasant; the beer is good and well-chilled...