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Synopsis: Turtles Can Fly, written and directed by Bahman Ghobadi (Marooned in Iraq, A Time for Drunken Horses) takes place in the days leading up to America's second war against Iraq, in a small village and refugee camp on the border of Iraq and Turkey. Soran Ebrahim stars as Satellite, a boy nicknamed for his obsession with technology. Satellite is also obsessed with the United States, and sprinkles bits of English throughout his speech. His strong personality and his resourcefulness have made him a leader among the younger children in the village.Synopsis: Turtles Can Fly, written and directed by Bahman Ghobadi (Marooned in Iraq, A... more
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According to the Department of Defense, 41 of the 99 U.S. military women who have been killed in Iraq died in “noncombat-related incidents.” Of the 99 U.S. military women killed in the Iraq theater, 41 were women of color (21 African-Americans, 16 Latinas, three of Asian-Pacific descent and one Native American—data compiled from the Web site www.nooniefortin.com)...
..According to the Department of Defense, 41 of the 99 U.S. military women who have been killed in Iraq died in “noncombat-related incidents.” Of the 99 U.S. military women killed in the Iraq theater, 41 were women of color (21 African-Americans, 16 Latinas, three of Asian-Pacific descent and one Native American—data compiled from the Web site www.nooniefortin.com)....According to the Department of Defense, 41 of the 99 U.S. military women who have been... more
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"The facts are:
91% of Vietnam Veterans say they are glad they served [Westmoreland]
74% said they would serve again even knowing the outcome [Westmoreland]"
http://www.vhfcn.org/stat.html"The facts are:
91% of Vietnam Veterans say they are glad they served... more
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More veterans experience homeless over the course of the year. We estimate that 336,627 were homeless in 2006.
Veterans make up a disproportionate share of homeless people. They represent roughly 26 percent of homeless people, but only 11 percent of the civilian population 18 years and older. This is true despite the fact that veterans are better educated, more likely to be employed, and have a lower poverty rate than the general population.
A number of states, including Louisiana and California, had high rates of homeless veterans. In addition, the District of Columbia had a high rate of homelessness among veterans with approximately 7.5 percent of veterans experiencing homelessness.
We estimate that in 2005 approximately 44,000 to 64,000 veterans were chronically homeless (i.e., homeless for long periods or repeatedly and with a disability).
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.endhomelessness.org/images/editorFiles/Image/p3_map%2520(2).jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.endhomelessness.org/content/article/detail/1839&usg=__wyUhWnj6D7FmUD1yFfP8WX8-mPw=&h=297&w=350&sz=86&hl=en&start=16&tbnid=dVWOpTqEvPR8gM:&tbnh=102&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhomeless%2Bveterans%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1&um=1More veterans experience homeless over the course of the year. We estimate that... more
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This chart does not note "attempted suicides". Usually attempted suicides far surpass recorded deaths that are a result of suicide. Name the Director of Veteran Affairs that revealed that there were over 1,000 recorded attempted suicides every month by Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans in the U.S.? Hint: He was the last person to fill that position and be fired... The only Director of Veterans Affairs ever fired? "Nah! Cause America cares for It's veterans and appreciates people trying to help them recover from the scars of victory in the battle for freedom. We love veterans, we couldn't have war without them, thanks kids. With kids always dieing for us we will never run out of oil, and if we do we can just drill their blood from the ground by then. True Patriotism!"
http://militaryhealthmatters.pbworks.com/f/army%20suicide%20rates.pngThis chart does not note "attempted suicides". Usually attempted suicides... more
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Is the U.S. population convinced "winning" war is worth the damage it does to the kids it contracts as soldiers? So, isn't the U.S. a greater threat to itself than any "terrorist" organization? Touting the highest kill rate of U.S. soldiers than any other force. But are "just" wars different and do they give "meaning" to the deaths of the children we hide in soldiers uniforms and have kill whole families for "the cause"/"the nation"?
http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2008/01/30/GR2008013003050.gifIs the U.S. population convinced "winning" war is worth the damage it does... more
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Life asked far too much of Rakan Hassan, the Iraqi boy brought to Boston in 2005 for treatment after a mistaken shooting by American troops. The next chapter of his story is hard to write.
We were standing on a dusty road in Mosul, Dr. Larry Ronan and I, and he had just left us.
It was January 2006 and this boy named Rakan had driven away in an Opel sedan identical to the one he was riding in when his life changed forever a year before, and so we stood there, with this odd mix of hope and apprehension, and waved goodbye.
Rakan Hassan had been shot and paralyzed, his parents killed, when American soldiers panicked and opened fire on the family car as it sped toward them in the fading light of dusk. Ronan and other doctors and therapists in Boston had put Rakan back together, and I had watched the whole process, to write about it, and then we brought Rakan back to the war zone where he was nearly killed because that was what Rakan and his family wanted.
As we waved, and the car driven by Rakan's brother-in-law disappeared into the dust, Larry Ronan must have felt what I was feeling because he put his hand on my shoulder, looked me in the eye, and said, "Don't worry. We'll see him again."
We never did.
Rakan Hassan, the boy whose life Larry Ronan saved, the boy I sat with most days for five months, the boy who became my sons' friend, the boy who touched anybody and everybody he met, was killed in June when a bomb exploded at his family's home in Mosul. He was 14 years old. Two of his sisters - an infant and a teenager - were injured in the attack but are expected to recover.
It happened June 16, but given the madness that is Iraq, it took us weeks to confirm. We got a death certificate the other day and so now we know for sure.
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Ah, the lethal folly of war...Life asked far too much of Rakan Hassan, the Iraqi boy brought to Boston in 2005 for... more
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