Last night as I ate dinner in Baghdad, a suicide bomber walked into a mosque in Baquba and blew himself up. He murdered 28 people and seriously injured 35. There were no Americans present indicating that the man who committed this act of terror was not aiming to kill Americans. The deaths were not collateral damage in a war. They were murders. It seems someone simply wanted to hinder reconciliation and to prolong bloodshed and chaos in Iraq.
The Baquba mosque that became a grave for 28 people was the location of a meeting between the Shiite Mahdi Army militia and the Sunni insurgent group, the Brigades of the 1920 Revolution. They met there to find reconciliation, and for that they were murdered.
This desire to keep Iraq violent, to prevent meetings of peace and reconciliation - this is something that is impossible for my mind to grasp.
These men may hate Americans, but their arch-enemy is peace.
4 comments:
TKO - Thank you for your insight. You are indeed a beautiful writer and you bring the stories of Irag to life for us reading here in America. I'm praying for you.
TKO: You are giving us all incredible insights to the real war being waged in Iraq -- the forces of evil vs. good. Please tell those around you, our service men and women and those Iraqis who are striving for peace that we are praying for them, for their strength, for their resolve and that we are confident that good will prevail. geofcandymax
Hey TKO!! It's RR safe at home in OKC. It was great to meet you and N. I hope the rest of your trip goes well. Keep up the great work and thanks for teling our story.
RR
"their arch-enemy is peace"
What other five-word statement could possibly sum it up better than this? Well written!
BTW, "RR safe at home in OKC" in the comment above... you've no idea how many prayers we said for you and how glad we are that you are home! Your father and aunt are very, very, very dear friends of my husband and I. We wouldn't even mind Maci ending up with one of our sons some day. :) God bless you and TKO both for your jobs in Iraq!
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