this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war and other disasters
cross-posted at DailyKos, Booman Tribune, European Tribune, and My Left Wing.
image and poem below the fold
A man mourns outside a morgue after identifying the body of his father who died in a suicide car attack in Baghdad September 26, 2005. A suicide bomber killed at least six people outside Iraq’s oil ministry on Monday, a police official said. The official said initial reports suggested the bomber rammed a car into a bus carrying ministry employees. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz
from The Lotos-Eaters
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
IV
Hateful is the dark-blue sky,
Vaulted o’er the dark-blue sea.
Death is the end of life; ah, why
Should life all labour be?
Let us alone. Time driveth onward fast,
And in a little while our lips are dumb.
Let us alone. What is it that will last?
All things are taken from us, and become
Portions and parcels of the dreadful past.
Let us alone. What pleasure can we have
To war with evil? Is there any peace
In ever climbing up the climbing wave?
All things have rest, and ripen toward the grave
In silence; ripen, fall and cease:
Give us long rest or death, dark death, or dreamful ease.
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How you keep this up every day without it just being too much, I don’t know. But it’s important and extremely valuable. I thank you for doing it, and send hugs (((Rub))).
Every now and then my wife asks me how I can possibly keep reading and searching for information thats considered bad news. She thinks it’s bad for me and my emotional health. I guess she’s right to an extent. My only answer is that I need to know. I wish more people felt that way. I have to believe that if they new all the daily horror of it , it wouldn’t go on much longer. But maybe I’m wrong about that. I don’t know who Americans are anymore.
Thanks for doing this.
You are our conscience, RubDMC. Our national leaders sure as hell aren’t. Thank you for doing this.
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took care of suspicious vehicles in the desert —
Q. Helicopters fired on three suspicious vehicles along the way, two of which turned out to be carrying suicide bombers and the third was being loaded with weapons, CNN reported. [embedded journalist – Oui]
A. Two cars full of families, who fled the violence to spend the night in the desert, were hit during darkness killing all, including three children under the age of ten.
Must have been a suspected wedding party!
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Late but awake, thank you RubDMC. I’ll never quit witnessing. xoxo
Thanks for your commitment here. YOu are so faithful. Hugs….
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Sept. 30 — A U.S. military investigation of the June 24 shooting death of Yasser Salihee, a Knight Ridder Iraqi correspondent, confirmed that he was killed by an American soldier and then left dead in his car, splattered with blood and shattered glass in the middle of the street.
The 3rd Infantry Division’s report concluded the shooting was justified because the soldiers thought Salihee could have been a suicide bomber or attempting to run them over as he approached an intersection in western Baghdad.
… At about 40 meters out, the sniper shot Salihee in the head with a single bullet through the windshield, the report concluded. U.S. troops said that an Iraqi soldier then ran up to Salihee’s car and shot point blank through the driver’s side window, a charge that the soldier apparently denied.
Yasser Salihee * Reporter Murdered :: Story He Died For
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