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 prisoner embraces his children during a family visit at an Iraqi military prison in Baghdad December 2, 2005. Every Friday families are allowed to visit relatives being held in prison inside the al-Karrar Iraqi military base in Baghdad. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
I am Weary (Let Me Rest)
by The Cox Family
from the soundtrack O Brother Where Art Thou?
Kiss me mother kiss your darlin’
Lay my head upon your breast
Throw your loving arms around me
I am weary let me rest
Seems the light is swiftly fading
Brighter scenes they do now show
I am standing by the river
Angels wait to take me home
Kiss me mother kiss your darlin’
See the pain upon my brow
While I’ll soon be with the angels
Fate has doomed my future now
Through the years you’ve always loved me
And my life you’ve tried to save
But now I shall slumber sweetly
In a deep and lonely grave
Kiss me mother kiss your darlin’
Lay my head upon your breast
Throw your loving arms around me
I am weary let me rest
I am weary let me rest
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read Ilona’s important diary at MLW – Returning Vet PTSD – One Soldier’s Story
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
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” I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.”
from Dirge Without Music
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Peace
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A crowd hurling shoes, stones and tomatoes has prompted Iyad Allawi, the former prime minister, to cut short a visit to Iraq’s holiest Shia shrine during a campaign trip to the city of Najaf.
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is chased from an Iraqi mosque in the holy city of Najaf, in what he says was an apparent attempt on his life. Allawi and aides were not injured and left the compound in vehicles.A police captain, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a large crowd of worshippers at the Imam Ali mosque hurled sandals and shoes at Allawi – a grave insult in the Iraqi culture.
Read all in my new diary »»
LEAVE Iraq to the Iraqis
“Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
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Peace, Tolerance, Understanding
and For Innocence Lost!
ON POWER
AN OPEN LETTER TO CONGRESS FROM A VETERAN AND MILITARY DAD
By Stan Goff
SUCCESS IN IRAQ
According to American Standards
Bringing More American Culture To Iraq, Rather Quickly!
Along with Guerilla War/Civil War/Puppet Gov./Killing-Maiming/DU/PTSD,Not Bad At All,SUCCESS comes in Many American Forms!
Iraqis turn to drugs to escape reality
Sunday 04 December 2005 5:27 AM GMT
link
Mother of Hostage Pleads for His Release
WAR….what is it good for? Absolutely nothin…say it again and again and again.
PEACE
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!!!!!!! War is not a good thing ever…too much death and struggling to stay alive..
Peace and love…Thanks Rub for your ever faithful diary. It is the first thing I look for when opening up the home site.
If I don’t weep, I’m afraid I’ll start screaming and never stop.
(((((Rub and Community))))))
DJ, right now I think, personally, we all need to start screaming and very loudly!!!!!!!!!! I do understand your feeling so well….hugs