Monday 15 January 2007

All Quiet on the Eastern Front

I had my first encounter with the fact that this country is at war: met a girl whose boyfriend is in Iraq. Bizarre, that we can have the luxury of ignorance. Scary.

(More on the topic: Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks)

This document is heartbreaking. What is left of an ordinary person -

k2244; 1; Wife of dead man; adult; female; married; parent
suicide bomber; Al-Nahda bus station, Baghdad; 8 Dec 2005.

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