{"id":1614,"date":"2012-01-02T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2011-12-29T21:08:47","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T21:08:47","slug":"afghan-christmas-truce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2012\/01\/afghan-christmas-truce.html","title":{"rendered":"Afghan Christmas Truce?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/files\/2012\/01\/christmas-comm-40.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1655\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/01\/christmas-comm-40-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>What Christmas truce? Carol service for our troops on the Afghan frontline ends with a blast of reality from the Taliban.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1100768\/What-Christmas-truce-Carol-service-troops-Afghan-frontline-ends-blast-reality-Taliban.html\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> for the story.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/ushome\/index.html\"><strong>Mail Online.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Loyal Subscribers!\u00a0 We need some help.\u00a0 The purpose of our &#8220;Heart&#8221; section is to publish stories of the experiences, contributions and sacrifices of our military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard) and public service personnel (police officers, fire fighters, EMS, merchant marines and others in the public sector) as well as stories of their families.\u00a0 Please search your memory and computer for a few and\u00a0send them to Bill\u00a0(CPT Otis) O&#8217;Quin at <strong><a href=\"mailto:boquin@ix.netcom.com\">boquin@ix.netcom.com<\/a><\/strong> for possible publication. \u00a0Thanks!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Important links for updated military\/defense information:<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/news?ESRC-di.nl\">The Daily News Briefing<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/News\/Home?ESRC-di.nl\">:<\/a> Today&#8217;s News for the U.S. Military, their families and friends.<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/Trivia\/Home\/\"> The Military Trivia Challenge:<\/a><\/strong> Register and test your knowledge about military history.<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defenselink.mil\/\"> U.S. Department of Defense:<\/a><\/strong> Military Defense News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Christmas truce? 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