"Inside Iraq"
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The former Knight-Ridder - now McClatchy's Baghdad Bureau has a blog, Inside Iraq, and it is heart-wrenching:
I was called from home to be told that a nephew of mine was killed in the explosion in the city center. The explosion went off in a central, much frequented market, so there was no doubt it was targeting civilians. Then they called me to say it may not be him after all because there was no way to identify what was left ... only his cell phone in the pants' pocket.
Now I'm waiting, fearfuly, for confirmation either way.
The problem doesn't end there.
If it isn't him, it's someone's son anyway. But if it is him ... whom are we willing to risk going to the Morgue to receive the remains?? If and when we receive him ... where do we burry him?? Almost none who take the path to Abu Ghraib Cemetary return unscathed.
Hollywood has nothing on real life.
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Arno says:
Is this where I insert a really horrible joke? Or refrain from such banter? I'm trying to locate that "line" that I walk from time to time....
Posted by: Arno at February 19, 2007 3:23 PM #
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This is the permanent home of "Inside Iraq". I wrote this post at 13:42 on February 16, 2007. This post is part of grubbykid.com, a weblog. If you liked this entry, why don't you read some other posts such as Beer Can Ephemera or Death of Williamsburg (again)? Or you could go to the site archives or return home. All are good choices.
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