European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse A so irs nid stripes a i i Ine november 14, a kurdish women Waits for her allotment of Grain with her 1-year-old daughter outside the collective where they live in Northern Iraq. Comforting the . Troops help provide Protection against Saddam Hussein by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau children walking along the Road stopped to wave and smile at three vehicles rolling through the Northern iraqi Countryside. Seeing the youngsters reminded an american Soldier in one of the vehicles of a time when children in the area weren t so Happy and healthy. Many of the children were suffering from dehydration and starvation army sgt. 1st class Chris Lorden said of his first deployment to Northern Iraq. That was in 1991 when the Region around the City of Zakhoo was a sea of tents As hundreds of thousands of kurd returned to Iraq. Encouraged by the persian Gulf War coalition s operation provide Comfort the kurd poured into the Zachko area from the mountains of Southern Turkey where they had fled from Saddam Hussein s military. Lorden was one of thousands of coalition troops sent to help the refugees survive and resettle in Iraq. For him the children symbolize provide Comfort s achievements. Now children look Good said Lorden a member of c co 3rd in 10th special forces group airborne from fort Devins mass. Some of the children wer infants when i was Here before and have grown continued on Page 4
