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Iraq War Grief Daily Witness (photo) Day 321

by RubDMC Sat Aug 5th, 2006 at 03:07:03 PM EST

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 judgement.

image and poem below the fold


This undated photo released by the family shows Josh Omvig of Grundy, Iowa, sitting on a bunk in Iraq. The purposed Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act of 2006 is bill named for Omvig, 22, a soldier in the Army Reserves who killed himself in December 2005 after returning home from an 11-month deployment to Iraq. The bill would require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to create a national program to screen and monitor veterans for risk factors for suicide. Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, who served as an Army helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War, introduced the bill in the House in July 2006. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, co-sponsored a Senate version, which was introduced Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006.
(AP Photo/Family photo)

from Achilles' Song
by Robert Duncan

Time, time. It's time.
The business of Troy has long been done.
Achilles in Ireuke has come home.
And soon you too    will be alone.
- - -
read the complete poem

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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.

"It is like trying to ignite - to pass on the responsibilities as much as possible to everyone else." - Ravi Shankar

"...psychopaths have little difficulty infiltrating the domains of...politics, law enforcement, (and) government." Dr. Robert Hare

by RubDMC (rubdmc at yahoodotcom) on Sat Aug 5th, 2006 at 03:07:41 PM EST
peace (none / 1)
by town on Sun Aug 6th, 2006 at 03:32:20 AM EST
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