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Savage, despicable evil. That's what we were fighting in Iraq. That's why a lot of people, myself included, called the enemy 'savages.' There really was no other way to describe what we encountered there.
Chris Kyle
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Chris Kyle
Age: 38 †
Born: 1974
Born: April 8
Died: 2013
Died: February 2
Autobiographer
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Navy Sailor
Sniper
Odessa
Texas
Christopher Scott Kyle
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