Iraq War Grief Daily Witness (photo) Day 460

7 Comments

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   RubDMC on January 19, 2007 at 9:06 am

   

   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.

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   olivia on January 19, 2007 at 9:26 am

   

   peace

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   alohaleezy on January 19, 2007 at 9:29 am

   

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   ask on January 19, 2007 at 11:08 am

   
   Two US grandmothers voice protest against Iraq war

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   dada on January 19, 2007 at 1:42 pm

   

   
   United for Peace, DC: 1.27.07

   John McCain: The truth.

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   jimstaro on January 19, 2007 at 5:44 pm

   
   Light A Candle For
   Peace, Tolerance, Understanding
   and For The Children – Innocence Lost,
   And The Perpetual Conflict Future We  Have Given Them!

   Doctors issue plea to Tony Blair to end the scandal of medical shortages in the war zone
   By Colin Brown, Deputy Political Editor
   Published: 19 January 2007

   The desperate plight of children who are dying in Iraqi hospitals for the lack of simple equipment that in some cases can cost as little as 95p is revealed today in a letter signed by nearly 100 eminent doctors.
   They are backed by a group of international lawyers, who say the conditions in hospitals revealed in their letter amount to a breach of the Geneva conventions that require Britain and the US as occupying forces to protect human life.
   In a direct appeal to Tony Blair, the doctors describe desperate shortages causing “hundreds” of children to die in hospitals. The signatories include Iraqi doctors, British doctors who have worked in Iraqi hospitals, and leading UK consultants and GPs.
   “Sick or injured children who could otherwise be treated by simple means are left to die in hundreds because they do not have access to basic medicines or other resources,” the doctors say. “Children who have lost hands, feet and limbs are left without prostheses. Children with grave psychological distress are left untreated,” they add.
   They say babies are being ventilated with a plastic tube in their noses and dying for want of an oxygen mask, while other babies are dying because of the lack of a phial of vitamin K or sterile needles, all costing about 95p. Hospitals have little hope of stopping fatal infections spreading from baby to baby because of the lack of surgical gloves, which cost about 3.5p a pair.

   SNIP, A Must Read!

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   Salunga on January 19, 2007 at 8:28 pm