this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war and other disasters
we honor courage in all its forms
cross-posted at DailyKos, Booman Tribune, European Tribune, and My Left Wing.
image and poem below the fold
The body of an Iraqi translator working for an American journalist Jill Carroll is recovered from the roadside, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq. An Iraqi Interior Ministry official said that gunmen kidnapped Carroll, 28, working for the Christian Science Monitor publication and killed her Iraqi translator, identified as Alan John Ghazi stated on his U.S.-issued press card, in western Baghdad Saturday.
(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
The body of an Iraqi translator working for an American journalist Jill Carroll is recovered from the roadside, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq. An Iraqi Interior Ministry official said that gunmen kidnapped Carroll, 28, working for the Christian Science Monitor publication and killed her Iraqi translator, identified as Alan John Ghazi stated on his U.S.-issued press card, in western Baghdad Saturday.
(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
from The Task
(Book II)
by William Cowper
Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade,
Where rumour of oppression and deceit,
Of unsuccessful or successful war,
Might never reach me more!
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put a meaningful magnet on your car or metal filing cabinet
read Ilona’s important diary at MLW – Returning Vet PTSD – One Soldier’s Story as well her comprehensive series on PTSD and Iraq War vets.
view the pbs newshour silent honor roll (with thanks to jimstaro at booman.)
take a private moment to light one candle among many (with thanks to TXSharon)
support Veterans for Peace
support the Iraqi people
support the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC)
support CARE
support the victims of torture
remember the fallen
support Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors – TAPS
support Gold Star Families for Peace
support the fallen
support the troops
support Iraq Veterans Against the War
support Military families Speak Out
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 Bagdhad Burning
read Dahr Jamail’s Iraq Dispatches
read Today in Iraq
witness every day
