War does this to your mind

https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/

Sent to DS from Hakim in Afghanistan.

Image by Dandelion Salad via Flickr

ourjourneytosmile

October 22, 2010

And read Kathy Kelly’s record of Khamad’s long pauses as he describes how ‘war does this to your mind’

commondreams

Transcript:

I am a boy seeking love,
but alas I live on the empty hills,
on the only land I’ve known
It hurts to tell you that they killed my father.
I miss him
and wish he were here.
My grandma tells me that loss brings strength;
I am not too sure

[…]

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Recovering from the shadows of the Afghan wars

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Wikileaks speaks of Our Ordinary Hell in Iraq and Afg, Josh Stieber

October 22, 2010

And read his open letter regarding the Iraq Wikileaks

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/10/22-7

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Josh Stieber Defends Bradley Manning

liamh2 | August 08, 2010

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Why not listen to the Bamiyan Diaries

October 20, 2010

Please read http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/10/20-0

Bamiyan Diaries – Day One, by David Smith-Ferri

via http://ourjourneytosmile.com

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Why not Listen?

October 11, 2010

see

We remain sad

WikiLeaks Press Conference with Julian Assange and Daniel Ellsberg

The Secret Iraq Files: Cover-up of Torture and Executions

Our Ordinary Hell