Baghdad Burning, Riverbend talks about watching F/911 on her blog.

[Crunchy Frog]

She has a very moving account in her blog today on her reaction to viewing F9/11. Here's a couple of paragraphs:


The flashes of the bombing of Iraq and the victims were more painful
than I thought they would be. We lived through it, but seeing it on
a screen is still a torment. I thought that this last year and a
half had somehow made me a little bit tougher when it came to seeing
Iraq being torn apart by bombs and watching foreign troops destroy
the country- but the wound is still as raw as ever. Watching those
scenes was like poking at a gash with sharp stick- it hurt.

All in all, the film was… what is the right word for it? Great?
Amazing? Fantastic? No. It made me furious, it made me sad and I
cried more than I'd like to admit… but it was brilliant. The words
he used to narrate were simple and to the point. I wish everyone
could see the film. I know I'll be getting dozens of emails from
enraged Americans telling me that so-and-so statement was
exaggerated, etc. But it really doesn't matter to me. What matters
is the underlying message of the film- things aren't better for
Americans now than they were in 2001, and they certainly aren't
better for Iraqis.

http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/

Definitely worth reading.

[yodermon]

1. This blog entry is a Must Read!

Kick!

More excerpts:
(speaking about Lila Lipscomb): "...and as she was walking in the streets of Washington, looking at the protestors and crying, it struck me that the Americans around her would never understand her anguish. The irony of the situation is that the one place in the world she would ever find empathy was Iraq. We understand. We know what it’s like to lose family and friends to war- to know that their final moments weren’t peaceful ones… that they probably died thirsty and in pain… that they weren’t surrounded by loved ones while taking their final breath.

When she asked why her son had been taken and that he had been a good person… why did this have to happen to him? I kept wondering if she ever gave a second thought to the Iraqi victims and whether it ever occurred to her that Iraqi parents perhaps have the same thoughts as the try to dig their children out from under the rubble of fallen homes in Falloojeh, or as they attempt to stop the blood flowing out of a gaping hole in the chest of a child in Karbala.
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September 11… he sat there, reading the paper. As he reached out for the cup in front of him for a sip of tea, he could vaguely hear the sound of an airplane overhead. It was a bright, fresh day and there was much he had to do… but the world suddenly went black- a colossal explosion and then crushed bones under the weight of concrete and iron… screams rose up around him… men, women and children… shards of glass sought out tender, unprotected skin … he thought of his family and tried to rise, but something inside of him was broken… there was a rising heat and the pungent smell of burning flesh mingled sickeningly with the smoke and the dust… and suddenly it was blackness.

9/11/01? New York? World Trade Center?

No.

9/11/04. Falloojeh. An Iraqi home.

[amandabeech]

2. This is a must-read. Bump. n/t

[AtTheEndOfTheDay]

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