description: An Australian citizen kidnapped by Iraqi militants has pleaded for US-led coalition forces to leave Iraq to save his life. This footage is of that plea. The tape shows a man identifying himself as Douglas Wood, 63.
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from Black Rook in Rainy Weather
by Sylvia Plath
…At any rate, I now walk
Wary (for it could happen
Even in this dull, ruinous landscape); skeptical,
Yet politic; ignorant
Of whatever angel may choose to flare
Suddenly at my elbow. I only know that a rook
Ordering its black feathers can so shine
As to seize my senses, haul
My eyelids up, and grant
A brief respite from fear
Of total neutrality. With luck,
Trekking stubborn through this season
Of fatigue, I shall
Patch together a content
Of sorts. Miracles occur,
If you care to call those spasmodic
Tricks of radiance miracles. The wait’s begun again,
The long wait for the angel.
For that rare, random descent.
That was a particularly disturbing video … I caught a snippet of it last night on the TV news. His anguish and desperation are palpable.
I heard somewhere that he had close ties to Americans. But I don’t know how and haven’t looked for the info. Do any of you?
American wife and California resident since 1962 is all I know.
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New York Times reports 46 killed, while waiting in line for jobs in Erbil.
“The attack at 9:30 a.m. local time was the biggest single act of terrorism in Iraq since early March and was only the second post-war strike of its magnitude in the normally calm and safe Kurdish territories, where the Kurds enforce a strict system of checkpoints and racial profiling intended to keep out insurgents.”
Blood was splattered along the front walls of buildings nearby.
US Military must withdraw. I’m just a simple bleeding heart but I cannot see how their presence in Iraq is a good thing.