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Retired Army Commandant Ed Horgan

category dublin | anti-war / imperialism | news report author Sunday September 28, 2003 16:01author by redjade Report this post to the editors

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Commandant Ed Horgan

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A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life: soldiers and nurses who were heroes in an unpopular war.

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Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

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Irish Army Officer Returns Medals in Iraq Protest
by Edward Horgan

''While I have held each of these items as treasured reminders of my service to the people of Ireland and to United Nations peacekeeping, I feel obliged in conscience to return them because of the dishonourable conduct of the Irish government in abandoning Irish neutrality, contrary to international law, by participating in the war against Iraq in March 2003, thereby actively assisting in the commission of crimes against humanity....''

http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=61349

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Retired Army Commandant Ed Horgan     redjade    Sun Sep 28, 2003 16:05 
   Retired Army Commandant Ed Horgan     redjade    Sun Sep 28, 2003 16:06 
   Well..     Lone gunman    Sun Sep 28, 2003 20:36 
   Disgrace     Drbinoche    Sun Sep 28, 2003 21:20 
   Actually     Aidan    Sun Sep 28, 2003 21:28 
   Good going Ed     Ciaron O'Reilly    Sun Sep 28, 2003 22:23 
   Yeh, well done Ed!     Eoin Dubsky    Sun Sep 28, 2003 22:54 
   Stop it, Ciaron     Geert    Mon Sep 29, 2003 02:12 
   An incredibly nobel thing to do.     Anonymous    Mon Sep 29, 2003 12:10 
 10   translation please?     redjade    Mon Sep 29, 2003 19:58 
 11   The gist of it ....     fáinne gheal an lae    Mon Sep 29, 2003 21:50 
 12   A soldiers duty     kokomero    Tue Sep 30, 2003 10:04 
 13   Geert     Ciaron    Wed Oct 01, 2003 11:35 
 14   Man of Honour     Justin Morahan    Thu Oct 02, 2003 01:24 
 15   And as for Lone Gunman     Justin Morahan    Thu Oct 02, 2003 01:33 
 16   This "Ed" is a disgrace to Ireland     No way    Thu Oct 02, 2003 03:59 
 17   Hate, eh? Hahahahahaha!! Jolly Good!     BlackPope    Thu Oct 02, 2003 16:24 
 18   Who airstruck Seaninin?     BlackPope    Thu Oct 02, 2003 16:40 
 19   Well done, Ed     Deirdre Clancy    Thu Oct 02, 2003 20:57 
 20   down with ALL militaries     EmpireWatch    Sat Jun 26, 2004 03:07 
 21   Empirewatch, you're obviously deranged by your experience     Bilbo    Sat Jun 26, 2004 03:18 
 22   Re. Muslim fanatics     funny business    Sat Jun 26, 2004 10:49 


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