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image and poem below the fold
A blindfolded man sits with other detainees at the compound of a police station in Kerbala, 110 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad, October 25, 2006. About 52 members of criminal gangs were arrested during raids in different areas in Kerbala, a police officer said.
REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammad (IRAQ)
Old Coat
by Liam Rector
Dressed in an old coat I lumber
Down a street in the East Village, time itself
Whistling up my ass and looking to punish me
For all the undone business I have walked away from,
And I think I might have stayed
In that last tower by the ocean,
The one I built with my hands and furnished
Using funds which came to me at nightfall,in a windfall….
Just ahead of me, under the telephone wires
On this long lane of troubles, I notice a gathering
Of viciously insane criminals I’ll have to pass
Getting to the end of this long block in eternity.
There’s nothing between us. Good
I look so dangerous in this coat.
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The candle that DianeL first lit many months ago, and which has become such an important part of these diaries since, is still available here.
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“It is like trying to ignite – to pass on the responsibilities as much as possible to everyone else.” – Ravi Shankar
U.S. troops on active duty call for Iraq withdrawal
peace
Light A Candle For
Peace, Tolerance, Understanding
and For The Children – Innocence Lost,
And The Perpetual Conflict Future We Have Given Them!
Catch a Fire
Derek Luke and Tim Robbins
in “Catch a Fire.”
© Universal Studios
Amnesty International USA is proud to announce its support of the film Catch a Fire. Starring Derek Luke, Tim Robbins and Bonnie Henna, Catch a Fire is directed by Phillip Noyce and produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anthony Minghella and Robyn Slovo based on an original screenplay by Shawn Slovo. Sydney Pollack, Debra Hayward and Liza Chasin are the executive producers.
About this film
A political thriller based on the true story of Patrick Chamusso, an ordinary man forced to resort to terror in extraordinary circumstances. It is the story of one man’s struggle amongst a nation’s, set in a divided South Africa in the nineteen eighties, climaxing in the present day.
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