IRAQ: THE ‘GRATEFUL’ DEAD
by Sarah Meyer
Index Research
I think the Iraqi people owe the American people a huge debt of gratitude, and I believe most Iraqis express that. I mean, the people understand that we’ve endured great sacrifice to help them. That’s the problem here in America. They wonder whether or not there is a gratitude level that’s significant enough in Iraq." George Bush
ABU GHRAIB
Read the story here.
FALLUJAH
Fallujah Siege November 2005: Photo Reuters
SAMARRA
Askariya Shrine in SamarraRead the stories here and here. (12.02.03)
Photo: Anti-war.com| UN says 34,452 Iraqis killed in 2006 17.01.07. Stuff.co.nz. see also UN Report on Iraqi Deaths for 2006 [pdf] Iraqi Dead May Total 600,000, Study Says By SABRINA TAVERNISE and DONALD G. McNEIL Jr, NY Times. (Johns Hopkins Study October 2006) |
Photo AFP / Qassem Zein HADITHA
Photo: APASSASSINATIONS
Iraq: The Assassination of Academics : The Jalili Report
15.1.6. S. Meyer, Index Research
OTHER TRAGEDIES FOR WHICH TO BE ‘GRATEFUL’
Baghdad: sewage system collapses
16.1.7.Irin / uruknet
Iraq: The Women's Story
Video, Zeena Ahmed, Dispatches
Iraq refugee crisis exploding
15.01.06. C. Lockhead, uruknet/SanFrancisco Chronicle..
Photo Channel 4 / Guardian filmsWHO IS BENEFITING?
Blood and Oil: How the West will Profit from Iraq's most precious commodity
07.01.07. Independent.
Video. Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers. Greenwald, 1r. 15 min.
Video. Exposed: The Carlyle Group. 54 min.
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Video. No Bravery.
Music, James Blunt
There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
Tears drying on their face.
He has been here.
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
Fathers lost without a trace.
A nation blind to their disgrace,
Since he's been here.
And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.
Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.
And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.
There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel and accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Yes, he has been here.
And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.
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Sarah's note: Not long ago, I discovered a beautiful site, Thewe, which is as artistically beautiful as it is morally pure. Kewe wrote today (18 January) "I took some liberties with your page." Please see here
This article first published by the BRussels Tribunal
The url to Iraq: The ‘Grateful Dead’ is: http://indexresearch.blogspot.com/2007/01/iraq-grateful-dead.html
With apologies for very short synopsis; the story is much worse and far too long.
Sarah Meyer is a researcher living in the UK.
Tags: Index Research, Bush, Fallujah, Iraq, Haditha, Samarra, Guantanamo, Dahr Jamail, Oil, BRussels Tribunal, James Blunt.
posted by Sarah Meyer @ 1/17/2007 11:23:00 am
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