image: Cpl. Stefan Arnold, right, watches over a cemetery from the turret of his amphibious assault vehicle in Hit, 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 29, 2005. Now in its second day, Operation Sword, with more than 1,000 U.S. troops and Iraqi forces, aims to crush insurgents and foreign fighters in western Iraq and is the third major offensive in the area in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)
Cross-posted at DailyKos, Booman Tribune, and European Tribune.
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Haiku
by Matsuo Basho
Snowy morning–
one crow
after another.
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support the Iraqi people
support the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC)
support CARE
support the victims of torture
support the fallen
support the troops
support the troops and the Iraqi people
read `This is what John Kerry did today,’ the diary by lawnorder that prompted this series
read Riverbend’s blog – `Bagdhad Burning’
read Dahr Jamail’s Iraq Dispatches
read Today in Iraq
witness every day