TODAY in Iraq - October 4, 2004: Photos YOU should see and send around

[jackstraw45]

All of these photos were taken in Iraq TODAY, October 4, 2004:

Fallujah:


Local residents stand amidst the debris of houses flattened in U.S. airstrikes in Fallujah, Iraq


Residents look for survivors amidst the debris of houses which were flattened in U.S. airstrikes in Fallujah, Iraq


Residents identify and wait to take back coffins carrying the bodies of their relatives for burial, after U.S. airstrikes in Fallujah, Iraq


An injured boy receives treatment at a hospital after U.S. airstrikes in Fallujah, Iraq


Iraqis look at a crater caused by a US air strike in the restive city of Fallujah. Nine people, including women and children, were killed in two pre-dawn raids on suspected rebel targets.

Baghdad:



A car bomb ripped through Saadoun street in Baghdad


A nurse tends to a man who was injured when a car-bomb exploded outside an Iraqi army recruitment centre in Baghdad.


Second car bomb in Baghdad


An Iraqi man shouts for help to retrieve victims of a bombing attack from a destroyed vehicle in central Baghdad, October 4, 2004


A wounded Iraqi man is tended to by a doctor at Yarmouk hospital


Concerned relatives try to look at their loved ones inside a hospital ward in Baghdad


Binan Madih, left, is consoled by his brother Dhafir Madih, after they were told about the death of their brother, Dr. Wathiq Madih, in a car bomb explosion in Saadoun street, Baghdad, Iraq

Mosul:


A damaged U.S. Army Humvee vehicle is towed from the scene where a car bomb exploded October 4, 2004 outside a primary school in the northern city of Mosul, killing five people, including two children.

[warrens]

1. Yeah, the war is going just GREAT

Thank you, you smirking murdering sociopath.

[HannibalBarca]

19. Well all I can say is.........

......that its hard work and we're makin progress.

[wtmusic]

2. Your tax dollars at work n/t

[mhr]

3. Hell On Earth Wrought By Satan's Right Hand Man - GW Bush

And some think he is an angel incarnate.

[mopaul]

4. stay the course, we're makin' progress, we ain't backin' down

[tridim]

5. All those pictures and

you couldn't show just one of a freshly painted school? You must be a pessimistic commie lie-beral.

[jackstraw45]

6. I know..what am I thinking? And let's see the kids themselves:

Kids at school in Al Sadr city yesterday, 10/3 posing for photo-op:


TODAY, 10/4, kids at school in Al Sadr crouch to take cover from a US Airstrike:


Photo-op versus reality - just like the ENTIRE Bush presidency

[ursacorwin]

8. where do these come from?

i'd love a link that i could share. great work, jack! thanks for keeping DU real, even if the rest of america lives in denial.

[jackstraw45]

9. They are all news photos

All available thanks to the internet.

news.yahoo.com has a lot of the photos and I use their search engine. Unfortunately, they aren't on a single link...except for this thread that is.

[crickets]

18. In the top picture,

every single one of those children is sitting with arms crossed. Not a smile to be found. Not one set of eyes making contact with the camera. Certainly there are no smiles in the second picture. What do they have to smile about? :(

[jackstraw45]

23. It's a photo-op

Meanwhile, their brothers, fathers, cousins, sisters, mothers are being killed in air strikes every day.

These children live in a war zone in Al Sadr city. Their country is on the verge of civil war.


Your question is right on the money.

[RubyDuby in GA]

7. Exactly! Why do you hate America jackstraw???

Damn it! What is wrong with the media?? You'd think that maybe one of them would say to themselves "Aw fuck it, I'll just show what's really going on over there, just for today"

It makes me sick. Absolutely sick. This is exactly why they hate us so much Georgie....This is why!!!!

[in_cog_ni_to]

10. It's Hard Work destroying a country

and killing thousands of it's innocent citizens. :grr:

This administration must be tried for war crimes. We have to demand that they pay for what they have done. Bastards.

[jackstraw45]

12. The more that is destroyed, the more tax $$$ for Haliburton and others

The administration WANTS perpetual war because it means perpetual "good times" for the defense contractors like GE, Lockheed, Haliburton, etc.

From your pockets to Haliburton - your tax dollars at work.

[VOX]

13. This is really the sad truth...

The old "war is good business" saw is sadly true. The more destruction, the more contracts to the profiteers.

It's heartbreaking, because the welfare of human beings is never considered in all this.

[jackstraw45]

15. Their welfare matters to us....

it's a part of MY vote on November 2nd.

[OneTwentyoNine]

21. Doesn't even have to be a defense contractor,how bout Home Depot..

The price of 7/16" OSB which is used all over new houses and as sheathing,roof decking etc,and used by remodelers has gone through the GD ceiling since this illegal invasion. Hell,I was buying the stuff for our home remodel 2-21/2 years ago for as little as $6.00 per sheet. It made it as high as $18.00 here,now its about $13.00.

But...Home Depot will certainly claim that they are just passing on cost,not making anymore than they were a couple of years ago. Yeah,Ok..like I'm buying that BS. Look how much HD gives Bush and Republican PAC's.

David

[Hutzpa]

11. Thanks Jack for keeping it real...

what can we do without your work, I hope those fence sitters will be able to see this. This needs to be kicked, I'll make sure of that.
Well Done



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[Javaman]

14. What a fucking mess...

[Wind Dancer]

16. So heartbreaking!

I hate this war!

:cry:

[leftchick]

17. so sad......

thanks Jack....you do a great job. These people must not be forgotten.

[Hutzpa]

20. Kick!!

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[Amaya]

22. Everyone needs to see these pictures

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