this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war
we love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people – without exception, or precondition, or judgment
we have no sympathy for the devil
we acknowledge the power to act that is in us
images and poem below the fold
A man walks past the bodies of people discovered around Baghdad, Iraq, and brought to Yarmouk’s hospital’s morgue, Saturday Jan. 13, 2007. Police recovered dozens of bodies, apparent victims of sectarian violence in the capital.
(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed )
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Bodies are laid out in Yarmouk hospital’s yard in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007. Iraqi police discovered bodies of 31 persons in various parts of Baghdad on Saturday, bullet -ridden and showing signs of torture.
(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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A policeman stands guard near the bodies lying in Yarmouk hospital morgue compound in Baghdad January 14, 2007. Police found 31 bodies, many shot dead and tortured, in the 24 hours leading to Saturday night, an interior ministry source said.
REUTERS/Ali Jasim (IRAQ)
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A man searches for missing relatives among bodies lying in the Yarmouk hospital morgue compound in Baghdad January 14, 2007. Police found 31 bodies, many shot dead and tortured, in the 24 hours leading to Saturday night, an interior ministry source said.
REUTERS/Ali Jasim (IRAQ)
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A man searches for missing relatives among bodies lying in the Yarmouk hospital morgue compound in Baghdad January 14, 2007. Police found 31 bodies, many shot dead and tortured, in the 24 hours leading to Saturday night, an interior ministry source said.
REUTERS/Ali Jasim (IRAQ)
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Relatives grieve over a body of a man discovered by police and brought to Yarmouk hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007. Iraqi police discovered bodies of 31 persons in various parts of Baghdad on Saturday, bullet -ridden and showing signs of torture.
(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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A woman cries during the funeral of her two brothers in Baghdad January 14, 2007. The two brothers who worked as security guards in Al-Iraqiya state television were killed by gunmen in Dora district of Baghdad, police said.
REUTERS/Ali Jasim (IRAQ)
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After murder
everything feels absurder-Julissa Torrez
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a personal note: I came across this couplet in “Expectations,” Katherine Boo’s recent piece about the Denver public school system in the New Yorker magazine. One of her subjects is a remarkable young lady named Julissa Torrez. The New Yorker article is not online, but you can read a little more about Julissa here.
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.
You can copy that image into your own comment (you can leave it on my server), craft your own image, and/or rate this one – not for mojo, but to leave a small mark after taking this moment – as a sign that you know, but do not approve, and are not resigned.
United for Peace: DC 1.27.07
John McCain: The truth.
Bush determined to pursue Iraq plan against strong opposition
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These pictures need to be on the front page of every fucking newspaper and every news program on tv. THEN, maybe we could convince the other 20% this war is illegal, unjust and uncivilized.
PEACE
I will carry these images and all the others you have offered us over the past couple of years, Rub, with me in my heart as I join the peace march in D.C. at the end of the year. Thank you for the constant reminder that it is our moral responsibility to end this bloodshed.
of course I meant the end of the month.
peace