Everyday I talk to my husband on the phone or online, and everyday I shut the phone saddened and disgusted by the news I hear coming out of Baghdad. Last week my husband told me about a friend of his who was going through the ordeal of finding his two kidnapped brothers. Hubby told him to prepare for the worse. I used to tell my husband not to be so pessimistic, not to scare people, but I can't do that anymore. I see that truly everything coming out of Baghdad is bad news, as one of my commentators wrote. But of course I can't be that morbid, so I have to restate that and say, most everything coming out of Baghdad is bad news, really bad news.
Over the weekend, Muhannad found his brothers, in the city morgue. With signs of being badly tortured. I don't know what to say anymore... It's not a city and they aren't humans who do these things.
Excerpts of his story were printed in an Arabic online newspaper, Asharq alAwsat at this link.
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I am very sorry for your loss. No words can describe what I feel.
Everyone in Baghdad is desperate. Life almost vanished. My family, friends are relatives are growing more desperate day by day. I wish I could do something.
Dear Fatima.
This is the second time our paths cross, the first was at the tragedy of al-Hashimi's family. Bilal was a friend of my cousin, Omar, they were both in the Youth Rabita. I wasn't sure at first, but as I read on and on I don't know why it felt like a certainty, which was finally realized at the Media college mention. I have shed tears over this post. Please e-mail me.
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