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 woman reacts as she receives medical treatment at the site of a collapsed building after two early morning explosions in central Baghdad November 18, 2005. Two suicide car bombs exploded near a hotel used by foreigners in central Baghdad on Friday and initial reports said at least six people were killed, including two children, and 40 wounded, police said.
REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
An injured man leaves a hospital in Baghdad where he was treated for injuries he sustained from a suicide bomb blast November 18, 2005. Two suicide car bombs exploded near a hotel used by foreigners in central Baghdad on Friday and initial reports said at least six people were killed, including two children, and 40 wounded, police said.
REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz
Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa) calls for the withdrawal of U.S. military personnel from Iraq while at a news conference on Capitol Hill November 17, 2005.
(Larry Downing/Reuters)
from Poem I
by Sappho
Come to me now, too, and set me free
From bitter cares, and do everything
That my heart wishes done; and you yourself
Become my ally.
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