PHOTOS: "The Iraqi people owe the American people a huge debt of gratitude" - GWB

[Bluebear]

And these are just from TODAY in Iraq.

[Botany]

1. and this young widow should thank W too

She spent the night before the funeral by her late husband's casket going over
pictures and e mails they had sent one another.

this whole thing is obscene .... BTW any word on bin Laden?

[rebel with a cause]

3. He's vacationing in the Bahamas. (bin Laden)

;(
I am so glad that we gave those poor people democracy. Too bad they don't know what to do with it. (bushette way of thinking) :mad: :grr: :nuke:

[Bluebear]

6. OMG that is one of the saddest things I have ever seen.

I have a huge knot in my throat. :cry:

[brettdale]

9. That is so sad

That is so sad

[teryang]

We'll be receiving the payments on that debt for decades

Isn't that something to which we can look forward?

[teryang]

2. .

[JohnyCanuck]

4. Here are a couple more Iraqi's doubtless overwhelmed by feelings of gratitude

towards George Bush and the USA.

A Symphony of Silent Voices
Layla Anwar

SNIP

Alia who lives in a "predominantly sunni"(oh that dreaded word) neighborhood has a toothache. No dentist in sight. An abscess forms, a fever ensues, an intolerable pain...

Braving mortar shells, American and militia checkpoints, she finally makes it to a dental clinic or what appears to be the remnants of a clinic. No question of a filling. Fillings take time and time is a precious commodity. Every minute, every second counts...staying alive counts.
Besides, fillings are too expensive and Alia's husband has been without work for over a year now.

"We shall extract it " says the equally fearful doctor.
No anaesthesia, no sterile instruments , where can anyone find some antiseptic those days? the tooth is forcefully and quickly pulled out.
Alia is sent home with a mouth stuffed with tissues. The pain grows in intensity so do the screams. The mortar shells are raining heavily on Al Ameriya, no one will risk it this time, not even Alia. The fever rises, the mouth is swollen, blisters erupt inside out and all over, the infection spreads...

Alia can no longer speak now. Her jaw is locked in a tetanus fit.
No electricity, no water and no food left. She is immobilized by the cold, the darkness, an empty stomach and the pain. Alia just clenches her fists as tightly as her locked jaw and screams away into the night and into her days ...tetanized in the New Iraq.

Auntie Sameera is by nature a jovial woman despite being a widow at an early age and having to look after two disabled children alone. Auntie lives in a "mixed neighborhood" Karrada, daily exposed to explosions, mortar shells and gun fire.

I call Auntie Sameera, she says " I can't take it anymore...I don't even have a box of aspirin at home and provisions are running low, what are we going to eat ?"

Randa, the handicapped cousin, used to manage uttering complete sentences and even a good belly laugh. I asked to speak to Randa. Randa just hurled shouts at me , she shouted and shouted like a wounded animal...Randa can no longer talk. She just shouts day and night and when calmed down, the only comprehensible word she can remember is "am shaking, please am shaking..." then she shouts some more...

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[TheCowsCameHome]

5. I'll bet they're thrilled with all our good work destroying their country.

Happy beyond words.

[NNN0LHI]

7. Bush's Shock and Awe would have been enough to put me over the edge

Nothing America could have done would have ever made up for that.

I think that is human nature.

Don

[malaise]

8. Freedom from life is on the march

132 Iraqis died today.