Updates From Iraq

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This is one of many pictures that show how some people in Fallujah were killed by chemical weapons. You can see how these two men were sleeping on the floor, covered by blankets, and dead.

These two men died while they were sleeping, there is no blood any where that can indicate they were shot.

Rana, my friend, came to Amman with the parents for peace delegation, and she brought the pictures with her from Fallujah.

I am going to Iran tomorrow, I will try to blog from there!

http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com/2004/12/chemical-weapons-in-fallujah.html

Parents for Peace in Iraq

I had dinner yesterday with a group of parents that lost their children in iraq.
Along with representatives of several anti-war groups, including San Francisco-based Global Exchange, CodePink, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), the parents will be distributing some US$600,000 worth of aid for the estimated 250,000 people who fled the city in advance of U.S. offensive last month in which some 2,000 Iraqis and at least 71 U.S. soldiers were killed.

The parents include Fernando and Rosa Suarez of Escondido, California, whose son Jesus was killed in Iraq during the early days of the invasion March 27, 2003;

Amalia Avila, whose son, Lance Cpl Victor Gonzalez of Watsonville, California, died in Fallujah's al Anbar province on October 13 this year; and Nadia McCaffrey, whose son, Patrick of Petaluma, California, was killed last June 22.

Also traveling with the group is Adele Welty, whose son, New York City firefighter Tim Welty, died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

To date, around 1,000 residents have been permitted to return to the city which had a population of 250,000.

http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com/2004/12/parents-for-peace-in-iraq.html