Even though this isn't my original thread, I am going to pick up where the OP left off at and start including important posts from the original thread that I find to be of interest. The following post is from an AC going by the handle IN DALLAS IN 2003 from page 3:

DO NOT LET THIS THREAD FALL!!!!!!!!!!! A FRIEND TOLD ME ABOUT THIS THREAD TODAY AND MY JAW ALMOST HIT THE FLOOR. I WAS IN THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH AIRPORT THE DAY THAT THE FIRST TROOPS THAT WERE SENT TO IRAQ WERE BROUGHT BACK HOME IN THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER 2003. THERE WERE MEDIA EVERYWHERE AND LOTS OF PEOPLE AND FAMILIES WAITING ON THESE SOLDIERS RETURN. I WILL NEVER FORGET SEEING A TALL DARK HEAD YOUNG GUY WITH A BEARD AND MUSTACHE WAITING IN A SEAT WHERE WE WERE ALL WAITING FOR THE SOLDIERS TO DEPART THE PLANE IN THE LOBBY. THIS GUY HAD A BLACK EYE, WHICH WAS SWOLLEN, AND A RIPPED BLACK SHIRT WITH BLOOD ON IT. I NOTICED ONE OF THE CAMERA MEN FILMING WAITING FAMILY MEMBERS TAKE A SHOT OF THIS GUY BECAUSE HE WAS SO OUT OF PLACE. ONCE TROOPS ARRIVED TO THE MEDIA AND FAMILY I WATCHED AS THIS MAN WALKED OUTSIDE AND SLAMED HIS FIST ON THE HOOD OF A VAN DRIVEN BY WHAT APPEARED TO BE A MIDDLE EASTERN MAN. MANY PEOPLE WATCHED AS THIS UNFOLDED UNTO AN ALMOST FIGHT. THIS BEARED DARK-HAIR GUY THEN WALKED UP TO MANY TROOPS THAT WERE NOW ON THE SIDEWALK OUTSIDE AND STARTED SPEAKING TO THEM WHEN AN ASIAN MAN DRESSED IN TOTAL BLACK, HEAD TO TOE, CAME OUT OF THE DOOR ONTO THE SIDEWALK WITH A BLACK BRIEFCASE. THEN THIS DARK-HAIR YOUNG GUY RAN UP TO THIS, WHAT APPEARED TO BE CHINESE, MAN AND LOOKED AS IF HE WAS THREATENING HIM. BUMP THIS THREAD AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING TO ALL THIS!