The pictures of the Iraqi children I took to the rally and march:

[mom cat]

These were the pictures of the children that I put on the cross that I carried at the rally and march in Boston on March 17, 2006. The links to more pictures can be found in my journal.

The idea started with several posts:
One from fearnobush:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x672390
I used the third picture from that post:
It shows three men crying over the bodies of three children.

Then I saw another post by spacebuddy who started me thinking. It was entitled:

HELP STOP a war ON IRAN BEFORE IT BEGINS ! *Photo OPeration*

http://www.progressiveindependent.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=18827

That post contained the pictures of happy, healthy children from Iran or Iraq.

It also had the following profound quotes:

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

"War is as outmoded as cannibalism, chattel slavery, blood-feuds, and dueling, an insult to God and humanity
...a daily crucifixion of Christ."

~Muriel Lester

"War would end if the dead could return."

~Stanley Baldwin

That middle quote gave me the idea of using the injured children's' pictures on a cross. We are quite literally crucifying them.

Next, Judy lynn led me to the following site:
http://www.awitness.org/journal/real_iraq_war.html

This site is very graphic, but I was able to find a picture of a badly burned child. I suggest that you see that picture on Judy Lynn's post instead of using the link above. Here is hers:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x686999#687513

Then Judy Lynn suggested the following:
http://www.krysstal.com/democracy_iraq_war01.html
That site has four galleries (See bottom of each page for links to the other pages)
In gallery one, I used the third and fourth pictures:
#3. "Child - another bombing victim"
#4. "a frightened child in the hospital"

And from gallery 3, I used pictures # 8 & 9:
#8. "Nine year old Shahid Halid injured after the bombing that killed her mother"
#9. "Twelve year old Ishmail Abbas lies injured and without arms in a Baghdad hospital after air strikes.

Judy Lynn then suggested another site with very graphic pictures, but I did use one of an infant in the hospital, screaming. It is the second one on the last row. Try not to look at the rest.Link:
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=Iraq+phosphorus

Then Clare T led me to this link from an earlier post of hers: Images from the war zone:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x686999#690401
I used pictures # 3 & 4 from her post.
#3. Three men crying over the bodies of three children.(also mentioned above from a different source)
#4. A girl crying with tanks in the background.

Clara T then suggested another site:
http://www.marchforjustice.com/3.22.php
There are a lot of pictures of children there. I chose the following, but others would have also been helpful:
March 25. #1. Picture of a scared little girl with bombs going off in the background.
April 1;# 7. Man in turban holding wounded girl in purple shawl.
May 28 #1. Boy in hospital with picture that says "NO WAR"

Somewhere I also found a picture of a boy missing an eye, evidently from a very recent injury. I cannot find the link right now, but will look.

When I figure out how to copy pictures from one place to another, I will try to post all the pictures themselves. Any technical assistance would be appreciated. I am a real technoclutz.

I just wanted to show what a joint effort this was and to thank everyone who contributed information and/or encouragement. :grouphug: