Images from the Dark Side of War (WARNING GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

LSK

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Thu Aug-30-07 05:23 PM
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Images from the Dark Side of War (WARNING GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

A moving photo exhibition in New York shows what the media doesn't -- shocking photos of seriously wounded Iraq veterans. The images and the soldiers' quotes which accompany them say more about the war than you might want to know.

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The exhibit is called "Purple Hearts," named after the medal given to those wounded or killed in battle -- although not all of the veterans shown in the exhibit have received one. Like Specialist Luis Calderon, 22, who has been paralyzed from the neck down since being crushed by the collapse of a concrete wall in Baghdad. "I feel like I deserve one," Calderon says, referring to the medal. "It would make me more confident that I really did something."

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,952965,00.jpg

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,950775,00.jpg

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,950766,00.jpg

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,502785,00.html

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theoldman

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Thu Aug-30-07 05:28 PM
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1. For these people the war will never be over.

I can remember the veterans from WWII who lost their limbs and minds. They never got over it.

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w8liftinglady

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Thu Aug-30-07 05:30 PM
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2. sadly,they'll be used as props for Bush's speeches

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LSK

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Thu Aug-30-07 05:34 PM
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3. not these people, Bush would hide these people forever if he could

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w8liftinglady

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Thu Aug-30-07 05:45 PM
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4. unfortunately,he has no shame

Edited on Thu Aug-30-07 05:49 PM by w8liftinglady

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