After reading Baghdad Burning, Americans will realize all the misconceptions we have of the Iraqi citizens, and look beyond believing the narrow minded CNN reports as well as Fox news.
American troops in Iraq are anything besides perfect, and have made plenty of stupid mistakes throughout the war which has resulted in the death of many innocent Iraqi lives.
How do we expect Iraq to be able to stand on its own two feet if we control and intervene in many decisions the government makes?
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Theme: Violence
Riverbend adresses a couple different themes throughout her blog. The one that stood out to me most is the atrocious violence occuring throughout the blog reguarding the war, death rate, murder, and awful acts of violence including looting and abductions.
"Today in Al- Sha'ab area, a highly populated area of Baghdad, armed men pulled up to a mosque during morning prayer and opened fire on the people. It was horrific and chilling. Someone said 3 people died, but someone else said it was more...no one knows who they are or where they're from"(Riverbend 49).
"I looked up at the house across the street and saw that three cars were lined up in front of it, as if in a funeral procession. Ihsan followed my gaze and shook his head solemnly" They didn't being him home-they'll bury him tomorrow at dawn"(Riverbend 55).
"Sometimes the graves were marked by the license plate of the car the victims were in. But most of them were marked with palm leaves. For several weeks, there would be people stooping, all along the way, trying to decide if they knew, or recognized, any of the dead"(Riverbend 56).
"Three days ago there was a huge explosion in Abril. They say it was a suicide bomber in a car in front of the American intellegence headquarters. The number of casualties varied from news network to news network, but one thing is sure-a child in a house across from the headquarters was killed"(Riverbend 61).
"In another area, a 12-year-old boy was shot in his garden while playing. The Americans say he was caught in the crossfire between them and someone else. His mother was almost tearing her hair out and his father was beating the ground and moaning. He looked ready to kill"(Riverbend 62).
"They showed a girl who was around 15 talking about how she was abducted. She went out one morning to buy groceries with a brother who looked around 5 or 6. Suddenly, a red Volkswagen screeched to a stop in front of her. She was pulled inside of the car and the head-scarf on her head was used to tie up her mouth"(Riverbend 69).
"Aqila Al-Hashimi was buried today in the holy city of Najaf, in the south. Her funeral procession was astounding. Rumor has it that she was supposed to be made Iraq's ambassadress to the UN. There are still no leads to her attackers' identities"(Riverbend 84).
"Today in Al- Sha'ab area, a highly populated area of Baghdad, armed men pulled up to a mosque during morning prayer and opened fire on the people. It was horrific and chilling. Someone said 3 people died, but someone else said it was more...no one knows who they are or where they're from"(Riverbend 49).
"I looked up at the house across the street and saw that three cars were lined up in front of it, as if in a funeral procession. Ihsan followed my gaze and shook his head solemnly" They didn't being him home-they'll bury him tomorrow at dawn"(Riverbend 55).
"Sometimes the graves were marked by the license plate of the car the victims were in. But most of them were marked with palm leaves. For several weeks, there would be people stooping, all along the way, trying to decide if they knew, or recognized, any of the dead"(Riverbend 56).
"Three days ago there was a huge explosion in Abril. They say it was a suicide bomber in a car in front of the American intellegence headquarters. The number of casualties varied from news network to news network, but one thing is sure-a child in a house across from the headquarters was killed"(Riverbend 61).
"In another area, a 12-year-old boy was shot in his garden while playing. The Americans say he was caught in the crossfire between them and someone else. His mother was almost tearing her hair out and his father was beating the ground and moaning. He looked ready to kill"(Riverbend 62).
"They showed a girl who was around 15 talking about how she was abducted. She went out one morning to buy groceries with a brother who looked around 5 or 6. Suddenly, a red Volkswagen screeched to a stop in front of her. She was pulled inside of the car and the head-scarf on her head was used to tie up her mouth"(Riverbend 69).
"Aqila Al-Hashimi was buried today in the holy city of Najaf, in the south. Her funeral procession was astounding. Rumor has it that she was supposed to be made Iraq's ambassadress to the UN. There are still no leads to her attackers' identities"(Riverbend 84).
Thursday, January 27, 2011
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