"There is no value left in my life..."

[Contrary1]

:cry:

Iraq town digs for bodies after bomb kills 150
31 slain in fresh attacks around Baghdad

TUZ KHURMATO, Iraq - Iraqis used heavy machines and shovels on Sunday to search for bodies after a huge truck bomb killed 150 people in a northern town and fresh attacks in and around Baghdad killed 31 others.

Two police officers in the Shiite town of Tuz Khurmato confirmed 150 people had been killed in Saturday’s explosion that Iraqi officials blamed on Sunni Islamist al-Qaida. The officers said 20 people were still missing and 250 were wounded.

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Abbas Kadhim told Reuters the blast leveled his house, killing his wife, his two sons aged 6 and 8, his parents and also a brother.

“I can’t comprehend what has happened. My entire family was killed in one moment,” said Kadhim, who was at work at the time.

“There is no value left in my life ... I have asked God why I didn’t just die with them so I wouldn’t have to go through this torture.”

More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19659430/

[melody]

1. That's a level of grief that's almost uncomprehensible :( n/t

[babylonsister]

2. I don't even know what to say; so tragic.

And I wonder; is our presence there inciting more violence, or would it be happening anyway, at this level?

[John Q. Citizen]

12. We let the genie out of the bottle, and our wish was for oil, military basing,

and a Republican majority.

But the price is so terrible and the pain is so great.

[tridim]

3. And another anti-American "terrorist" is born

Thanks Bush. :grr:

[joe6565]

4. mad as hell

I am so mad at our country today, these dumb ass sob that live in this country, i am surrounded by sheep, i live in small town in northeast Texas, I hate all these sobs today.

[file83]

14. Considering who bombed his house - I wonder who he blames.

Obviously, none of this would have happened if the Americans had not invaded his country. On the other hand though, who were the truck bombers targeting, because it doesn't sound like they killed any American Troops, only wounded three.

From the photos, it looked like the entire neighborhood is gone:



It's just pure insanity, just the way Cheney likes it.

[KatyaR]

5. This is so awful, but the saddest thing is that this won't register a blip

on most people's radar. It's just another day in Iraq, and who really pays attention to that anyway? Isn't there another Paris Hilton story floating around somewhere?

It seems that our leaders don't view most people's lives as having much value, unless you move in the Right circles . . . .

[malaise]

6. WTF

Why isn't MSM discussing this madness?

[The Wielding Truth]

7. And all Muslims want to kill us?

Stupid heartless Christian right being used by * and his out of control greedy corporate cons to kill in our name.

I'm not saying we are not facing some very serious problems from radical violence to global needs, but the murder and torture of innocents is not to be condoned,ever.

[InkAddict]

8. What a horrible catastrophic hornets' nest we've

shocked and awed into frenzied opportunity.

I'm so ashamed, infuriated, and absolutely horrified. Just what kind of democratic freedoms have the black-hatted Neocon coporatists and arms dealers won for the people of that country? Or ours in the future? Our karma, climate change notwithstanding, is not good if we don't radically change course and eliminate the leadership of this great fubar. George's and Dick's mission has accomplished nothing good. There is nothing truer than absolute power corrupts absolutely! IMPEACH NOW!

[StarryNite]

9. George and Laura

must be suffering terribly over this news. Keep in mind, nobody suffers as much as they do...Laura said so.

[Reterr]

10. k&r.eom

[Rosa Luxemburg]

11. What did Cheney say about the insurgents?

is the surge working?

[Pacifist Patriot]

13. Already being on emotional tenterhooks today...

this post drove me to tears. K & R

[JTG of the PRB]

15. That's painful to read.

Such a level of sorrow and hurt... I can't fathom it except in my worst nightmares... And the Iraqis have to live it every single day... Sometimes that makes me so angry I can barely see straight. This has to stop...