Wife looks at dead husband

[dArKeR]

Wife of Iraqi television producer Ahmed Wael Bakri looks at her husband's coffin during his funeral procession in Baghdad yesterday. Bakri was shot dead by US forces while driving ``too close'' to their military convoy a day earlier in southern Baghdad, an Iraqi interior ministry official said.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/photo/2005/06/30/2005038159

I'm responsible, you're responsible, we're all responsible, but most of all the American Corporate Media and GOP leadership are responsible for this. I can't even move. I feel like death itself.

[Fiona]

1. how sad...

but an amazing photograph.

[fortyfeetunder]

2. Was that chimp crying for this woman last night?

I bet not.

[madeline_con]

5. No...

... he's afraid. He may not be able to "fix" the World Court before he's hauled into it.

[madeline_con]

3. the eyes sum it up

:cry:

[acmavm]

4. So what classification of 'insurgent' designates someone who 'drives

too close'? How would you define his 'terraist' act? What would that act be?

She (and any children they may have) will hate us forever. I know I certainly would.

[uppityperson]

11. Insurgent is a Iraqi television producer who drives too close.

He was a tv producer. Must've been an insurgent. :sarcasm:

[Momgonepostal]

6. What a touching photo

She's really beautiful, too.

[bling bling]

7. I'm pretty sure I read this is the 3rd dead Iraqi journalist in a week

killed by U.S. soldiers in similar situations.

Did anyone else hear this?

[lyonn]

12. Yes, heard the same thing. n/t

[Bluebear]

8. "The bloodshed is worth it."

Remember that. It said so. :cry:

[FreedomAngel82]

10. How sad

:(

[SammyWinstonJack]

24. I still don't know how that murdering thug could say that.

More and more he is leaving me at a loss for words to describe what a POS he and his policies are. He has absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever AT ALL!.

[K8-EEE]

9. There Is Something So Haunting About That Picture!

Her expression so purely relects how any one of us, any human being would feel in her shoes. My heart goes out to her and our troops as well, they are all victims of BushCo!

[Bluebear]

14. Katie I feel EXACTLY the same way

Even more than the gory pictures, this one picture encapsulates so much about this horrible situation. The shock, the lost look in her eyes... how very sad and profound.

[dArKeR]

19. She's in shock. The pain begins when she goes to an empty home and

silence.

[Rex]

13. We will pay for what we've done in the ME.

The lives we have destroyed, homes we've bombed and shattered, children killed, it will all come back to haunt us.

[GRLMGC]

27. So true

The cycle of violence will just continue infinitely. It won't stop until one side decides the bloodshed needs to end and that doesn't look like its going to happen anytime soon.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. That face and that pain never changse,

regardless where... thanks, sleep will once again escape me

RIP to all victims of this insanity

[EC]

16. Her eyes have the look of hopelessness... n/t

[LibertyorDeath]

17. Thanks dArKeR

:kick::kick::kick:

[Eric J in MN]

18. there are no rules of engagment, or

nor reasonable rules.

The policy seems to be that any vehicle may contain a bomb, and can be shot at.

[u2spirit]

20. It's worth it

:sarcasm:

[tallahasseedem]

21. This is horrible.

That woman looks exhausted, overwhelmed, and just plain grief stricken. I hope Bush is proud of himself.

[uppityperson]

22. Here's another dead journalist too: Yasser Salihee

Iraqi correspondent shot dead

June 30, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Yasser Salihee, an Iraqi special correspondent for Knight Ridder, the parent company of the Free Press, was shot and killed in western Baghdad on Friday as his car neared U.S. and Iraqi troops who had stopped to search a building for snipers.


Salihee, 30, was driving alone when a bullet pierced his windshield and then his skull. The shot appears to have been fired by a U.S. military sniper, though Iraqi soldiers in the area also may have been shooting at the time.


U.S. Humvees blocked three entry points to the intersection Salihee was approaching. The one he was driving toward was manned by Iraqi and U.S. soldiers on foot. It's unclear how well he could have seen the troops, and whether they were in the road waving motorists away, or taking cover in case of sniper attack.


Most witnesses told another Knight Ridder Iraqi special correspondent that no warning shots were fired. But the front right tire of Salihee's car was pierced by a bullet, presumably meant to stop him from advancing.

http://www.freep.com/news/nw/iraq-box130e_20050630.htm
more at site

[mvd]

23. Nominated!

Shows that Iraq isn't as under control as it seems when someone dies for driving "too close."

[cureautismnow]

25. Who will be held accountable for this Act of Terrorism?

Anyone?

[dArKeR]

26. Sooner or later the soldier(s) who killed her husband will see her image

and I'd imagine it will probably cripple their lives too.