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	<description>Helping Build Hope In Iraq, One Soccer Ball at a Time</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>News from Operation Soccer Ball</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, 
This is Rick &#038; Mary Franzosa. Our son, 2 LT Ben Franzosa is in Iraq. He has volunteered to continue this great work started by Captain Dan Merritt. You can find contact information for Ben on the website:
www.operationsoccerball.org
You can continue to reach us at operationsoccerball@yahoo.com. 
Stay tuned, and thanks again for your support of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newsletter #7</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Al Kut, my platoon is in charge of 3 Iraqi Police Stations. This area of operation is not the safest place, to say the least, but one of the toughest sections of the city and could use a lot of soccer balls.  We have been handing balls out every day we go out. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newsletter #6</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week in Al Kut, Iraq, my platoon and Operation Soccer Ball have continued to spread joy and bring smiles to kids in Iraq. In just a week’s time, we have visited 3 different schools, a medical clinic and dozens of neighborhoods. This week, Operation Soccer Ball took part in a soccer game, another historic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newsletter # 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month, while my platoon and I were in Al Kut, I was able to witness history in the making.  I saw a soccer match played between former enemies, people who, just a few months ago, were in firefights with each other. They put down their weapons and played the world’s game in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New England Revolution helping out!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, Sept. 11, the New England Revolution will proudly participate in Operation Soccer Ball, a humanitarian effort to spread universal goodwill by distributing soccer balls to children in Iraq. All
fans attending the Revolution&#8217;s Sept. 11 match against Chivas USA are encouraged to bring deflated soccer balls for donation at the Gillette Stadium gates. Each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newsletter Update #4 - 8/21/08</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Operation Soccer Ball  continues to grow as the supporters spread the word and donate to a great cause.  This last hand out was delivered by my 1st and 3rd Squad in an area in Iraq called Budayr. We are constantly out in the community, taking the balls that you all send and placing them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newsletter Update #3</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Everyone,
I&#8217;ll try to keep people up to date whe I can.
Since Operation Soccer Ball was created, we have come a long way in a short amount of time. We have turned a simple idea into positive change and inspiration. People all across the country took time out of their busy lives and gave something to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to OPERATION SOCCER BALL&#8217;S Comment Page</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re just learning how to use this, so give us some time.   
Thanks for supporting Operation Soccer Ball.
Click &#34;Comment&#34; to add new comments.
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