THE ORIGINAL LETTERS FROM LEONARD CLARK
From Leonard Clark, Monday, April 10, 2005
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Hello Mrs. Lumm,
it’s Leonard Clark again. I hope you remember me. I met you at La Parrilla Suiza almost a month ago. I’m the guy who told you he ran for the State House District #12 position several times, including the last election, and that I would be in Iraq soon. Well, I’m in Iraq, near Baghdad. I’m writing you to ask a big favor and I don’t know if you will be able to do it for me. Here it is: I’m stuck over near Baghdad, Iraq, and I see a lot of things that should be recorded and that shoudn’t be forgotten. The problem is I’m writing everything by hand in my journal. I’m worried that if anything happens to me it will be lost or prevented from reaching the outside world. I know that I am writing you due to the miracle of the internet, but I am only able to do so on this computer at an internet cafe located at our little forward operating base (FOB). I don’t have any other way of getting information [out] except by snail mail, which I hopefully will use also. At this time I’m worried about being accused of violating operational security, so everything I write will be carefully worded so as not to violate operational security. I can say that I am near or in Baghdad and later I will probably tell you the camp where I’m located.
I’m worried about asking my wife to record everything that I am writing, because quite frankly she is already stressed out and might not be able to take in some of the reality of this place in which I am surviving in right now. That is why I am asking you if you could record everything I write by using some type of computer disk or other tech method. In so doing I give you permission to use everything I write for you. I am just hoping you will give it to my wife and keep a copy for yourself if anything should happen to me. I would like to write about what I am experiencing when I get back if the Lord lets me get back.
I know that it’s a big favor but I just can’t let what I am experiencing and learning go to waste. Of course any questions you would have of me that didn’t violate our operational security I’ll gladly answer. I am deeply concerned [about] how minorities are being treated in our unit and in the Arizona National Guard.
Thanks again,
http://leonardclark.com/blog/?p=2#more-2
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Hello Mrs. Lumm,
it’s Leonard Clark again. I hope you remember me. I met you at La Parrilla Suiza almost a month ago. I’m the guy who told you he ran for the State House District #12 position several times, including the last election, and that I would be in Iraq soon. Well, I’m in Iraq, near Baghdad. I’m writing you to ask a big favor and I don’t know if you will be able to do it for me. Here it is: I’m stuck over near Baghdad, Iraq, and I see a lot of things that should be recorded and that shoudn’t be forgotten. The problem is I’m writing everything by hand in my journal. I’m worried that if anything happens to me it will be lost or prevented from reaching the outside world. I know that I am writing you due to the miracle of the internet, but I am only able to do so on this computer at an internet cafe located at our little forward operating base (FOB). I don’t have any other way of getting information [out] except by snail mail, which I hopefully will use also. At this time I’m worried about being accused of violating operational security, so everything I write will be carefully worded so as not to violate operational security. I can say that I am near or in Baghdad and later I will probably tell you the camp where I’m located.
I’m worried about asking my wife to record everything that I am writing, because quite frankly she is already stressed out and might not be able to take in some of the reality of this place in which I am surviving in right now. That is why I am asking you if you could record everything I write by using some type of computer disk or other tech method. In so doing I give you permission to use everything I write for you. I am just hoping you will give it to my wife and keep a copy for yourself if anything should happen to me. I would like to write about what I am experiencing when I get back if the Lord lets me get back.
I know that it’s a big favor but I just can’t let what I am experiencing and learning go to waste. Of course any questions you would have of me that didn’t violate our operational security I’ll gladly answer. I am deeply concerned [about] how minorities are being treated in our unit and in the Arizona National Guard.
Thanks again,
http://leonardclark.com/blog/?p=2#more-2
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