Iraq War: Love and Personal Loss [Photo Slideshow]

[babylonsister]

Iraq War: Love and Personal Loss

By Nina Berman, AlterNet. Posted September 27, 2007.

Andrew Lichtenstein's new book, Never Coming Home, shows the faces behind the Iraq War casualty statistics. This photo essay launches AlterNet's new multimedia series.

See slide show here, and bring a hanky:
http://alternet.org/waroniraq/63251/

Andrew Lichtenstein's new book, Never Coming Home, shows the faces behind the daily casualty statistics in the Iraq war. Each week, these men and women killed in Iraq are buried and mourned, privately and publicly, in deeply personal scenes of love, loss and remembrance.

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http://alternet.org/waroniraq/63251/

[bronxiteforever]

1. K & R'd

Thanks for posting

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Oh God

:cry:

[babylonsister]

3. I know.

:cry:

[Solly Mack]

4. and that's as close as most Americans will get to it

Pictures of someone else's pain and suffering... a feast to feed upon

never knowing..never really understanding

just pictures they can feel bad about

Does it really bring it home for people?

Because I'm not seeing it...I'm not feeling it

My family and so many others like mine are out there in the cold...

used..one way or another..by one group or another....just used

and for what? Lies...greed....power grabs

all for nothing

[babylonsister]

6. At least we're getting these pics. This admin can't hide

all the coffins and grief all the time, it seems.

[bdamomma]

5. so sad

:cry:

[babylonsister]

7. .

[TornadoTN]

8. As a father of a two year old, the pic of the child on the bed

Tore my heart out. I'm in my office crying, partially in sadness and partially in anger.

To see that young man, clutching a photo of what appears to be his father, should make anyone with any amount of intelligence or compassion outraged that we are continuing our presence and Iraq and building up for a go at Iran. It's outrageous. My god, what are we doing to this country and our children?!

[babylonsister]

9. The whole photo essay was heart-wrenching. I was really moved

by the empty seats with all the used, tear-filled tissues. I don't know why, but that just tore me up.

[babylonsister]

10. pm kick

[Squatch]

11. Yeah, that sucks pretty bad.