Tragic on so many levels

[ProSense]

Soldier who was hero to Iraqi family & cited by senators died 'way he feared most'

Army Capt. Brian Freeman's story gets told today in The Washington Post. He was, as the Post, recounts, a hero to one Iraqi family because he was arranging to get U.S. visas for them so that their 11-year-old son could come here for life-saving surgery.

He died on Jan. 20 at the hands of attackers who stormed into an Iraqi government building, killed one U.S. soldier and then took Freeman and three other Americans away. The four were later killed by their captors.

The father of the family Freeman was helping was "crushed" by Freeman's death, the Post writes, "but understood he needed to mourn in silence."

"I could not express myself openly," said Abu Ali, who asked that his full name not be published out of concern for his safety. "If I were to express myself openly they'd know I deal with Americans and if they knew I deal with Americans they'd call me a traitor."

Following his death, Freeman was also in the news because he had spoken to Democratic senators John Kerry, Mass., and Christopher Dodd, Conn., when the two visited Iraq last year:

Kerry cited Freeman's comments to them in last week's Democratic radio address.

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[PresidentObama]

1. Wow, this is very sad the more and more I hear.

"He was, as the Post, recounts, a hero to one Iraqi family because he was arranging to get U.S. visas for them so that their 11-year-old son could come here for life-saving surgery."

:cry: No more of this!! No more brave, young, and promiseful troops should die in this mistake of a war.