US forces remember September 11

US forces in Iraq held a ceremony at Saddam Hussein’s former Republican Palace in Baghdad today to mark the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

They stood with bowed heads as a Scottish bagpiper played Amazing Grace.

“Let us attune our hearts to the voices crying out from the September 11, 2001, compelling us to eradicate terrorism in our world and restore justice and dignity to creation,” said US army chaplain Colonel Frank Wismer.

In Saddam’s hometown of Tikrit, the 4th Infantry Division held a similar memorial service.