----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Hendrix" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 8:40 AM Subject: Fwd: Letter from GI in Turkey | | | | > | >I rec'd this today. Please pass it on. | >Dot | >================================== | > | >Very profound perspective. This is true reality. Please share. | > | > | >This came thru a friend at home... another perspective.... | > | > | > | >======================================== | > I received this | >letter from my daughter stationed in Turkey and am | >passing | >it on. Please do the same. | > | >____________________________ | > | > Dad, | > | > I started sending this to each person as I read their e-mail and have | >now | >decided to send it as a group e-mail, so please pass it on for me. Through | >the last few days I have received too many messages against Muslims and the | >Middle East right now I need to stand up and inform all of you of | >something. | > | > Do any of you have any idea how many Americans live in the Middle East? | >At | >my base alone we have 1500 and I am sure this is one of the smallest places | >in the Military. We have been threatened repeatedly by the same group we | >think is responsible for the actions against America, so do you know what | >happened within hours of the first strike? Muslim Turks surrounded our | >buildings. They closed off the street and built barricades. They put | >themselves in between us and anyone who would attack us. They surrounded | >our | >school and ensured our children got home safe. Now they swarm about in | >plainclothes guarding all the places Americans frequently go I've even | >noticed them outside our homes watching carefully for any sign that someone | >may be out to harm us. | > | > As the collapse of the buildings was shown on CNN these MUSLIM Turks | >cried | >for us and our country. They are preparing to go to war with us and assist | >us in enacting our revenge. I cannot walk across the street without someone | >apologizing and offering sympathy to me and my country. | > | > I want you all to know this is the same thing that is happening all over | >the world. In our base paper it told us of our bases in Japan, Germany, | >Spain and Italy being guarded more heavily, just as | >I know our bases in Saudi and United Arab Emirates, and Egypt are being | >guarded. These people are guarding us against the evil that did this. | > | > No, these terrorists are not Muslim, but they are evil, using the face | >of | >religion just as it was used during the Spanish inquisition and countless | >other times throughout history. Please, while you are praying for the | >victims and their families, pray also for Arab Americans and American | >Muslims so they will not become victims as well. | > | > SSgt Jamie Mallory | > | | | _________________________________________________________________ | Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp |