When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Sunday, April 13, 2003
The scenes of a statue of Saddam Hussein being pulled down as Iraqis cheered, accompanied by British and US reporters gushing over a historic event, might make you suppose the war in IRaq has been won and is over. Not so.
Copyright © 2001-03 Pam Shorey
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The Iraq war is not over
The scenes of a statue of Saddam Hussein being pulled down as Iraqis cheered, accompanied by British and US reporters gushing over a historic event, might make you suppose the war in IRaq has been won and is over. Not so.
As the momentous events of April 9 were described, the war raged on. US soldiers and many Iraqi civilians were killed in fighting that same night. The next day a suicide bomber killed several US marines and wounded four more close to where the statue had been toppled. Civilians were shot and killed: Channel 4 filmed as a six-year-old girl was shot in the head by US troops, and as a civilian man was shot dead on his balcony as he came out to see what was happening. Two children were shot dead at a checkpoint, with 9 family members injured. A Shia Muslim cleric favoured by Downing Street was assassinated in Najaf.
The Red Cross suspended its operations in the capital after a Canadian employee was killed: It's not possible to distribute medical and surgical supplies or drinking water to the hospitals as we had wanted to. The situation is chaotic and very insecure, said one Red Cross spokeswoman (The Guardian, April 11) -- Journalist show their true colors
Palema
11:44 AM
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