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16 November

... Instead of which, Margaret Hassan got it instead. Everyone knew this was going to happen, I suppose, but God how depressing it is. So hard to know what to say about this war any more. Everyone, from all sides, just churns out the hollow words as the whole thing gets worse and worse. Poor Hassan's, of course, is just one of the high-profile deaths we get to hear about in the West. God only knows how many good people have died whose end will never be publicised so well and so gruesomely.

Have a look at this blog from an Iraqi family living in Baghdad, which I've highlighted before, if you want some kind of picture of what it must be like to be there. None of it will ever tell the whole story, of course. I'm not sure what we'd do if we knew it. Even Blair might have his Faith shaken if he knew the whole truth. In some ways, I'm very glad I don't.

In the meantime, by the way, some small ray of hope comes from the US, where plenty of citizens are horribly aware of how the re-election of Bush makes them look in the eyes of the world. So much so that they've set up a website apologising for it. It's here

Posted by paul at November 16, 2004 01:08 PM

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