{"id":710,"date":"2006-08-28T17:46:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-28T17:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=710"},"modified":"2006-08-28T17:46:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-28T17:46:00","slug":"military-pagans-in-baghdad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=710","title":{"rendered":"Military Pagans in Baghdad"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Witches’ Voice, an article on an eclectic Pagan circle among American service personnel in Baghdad<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Ours is a small group of soldiers; on a slow day we number around ten, but when we all show up, we are over twenty strong. We are a cross section of the militaries, Army, Airforce, and Marines; some of us do Intelligence work, some are network administrators, others mechanics. Still others go out on the streets and highways in an attempt to secure this nation. We are of various paths ranging from Greencraft to Asatru; in this place we form our eclectic Circle.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tags: Military Pagans<\/a>, Iraq<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Witches’ Voice, an article on an eclectic Pagan circle among American service personnel in Baghdad: Ours is a small group of soldiers; on a slow day we number around ten, but when we all show up, we are over twenty strong. 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