This is a friend's account of the translator killed when Jill Carroll

[marylanddem]

was kidnapped. Kind of personalizes the toll of the war on Iraqi's

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001844168

[madrchsod]

1. here`s an account by someone who worked with them

http://baghdadtreasure.blogspot.com/
Treasure of Baghdad

he was in the usa then went back to baghdad and found out this happened

[Webster Green]

2. Very Sad...

I love Riverbend.

Thanks for posting this!:thumbsup:

[stellanoir]

3. so tragic a waste

[Bozita]

4. Excellent post! ... Thanks for the link,

[Bucky]

5. Kicked and recommended. This news has ruined my morning

I'm really tired of being sad. I'm really tired of all the blood on my hands. The numbers are bad enough, two thousand US troops, tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians, hundreds dead in terror bombings every week, 17 innocent Pakistanis (at least) in a village killed by US bombers over bad intelligence...

None of this needed to happen. This is heartbreaking. And now this reporter and Riverbend go out and remind me that all these dead people were human beings, like Alin, with feelings and aspirations, people who liked to listen to music and talk with friends when they had the chance. And now they're dead. And my tax dollars helped to pay for it.

[Bucky]

6. Kicked and recommended. This news has ruined my morning

I'm really tired of being sad. I'm really tired of all the blood on my hands. The numbers are bad enough, two thousand US troops, tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians, hundreds dead in terror bombings every week, 17 innocent Pakistanis (at least) in a village killed by US bombers over bad intelligence...

None of this needed to happen. This is heartbreaking. And now this reporter and Riverbend go out and remind me that all these dead people were human beings, like Alin, with feelings and aspirations, people who liked to listen to music and talk with friends when they had the chance. And now they're dead. And my tax dollars helped to pay for it.