laian, that's so sad... i don't know what to say, Allah Knows Best. i hope the iraqis will achieve their own government & live in peace, while the foreign troops go home & u can meet ur brother safely. actually to me, <b>the war shouldn't have happened in the first place</b>. US troops shouldn't have attacked & invade a sovereign Iraq, unilaterally, under false pretense at that (US has now concluded no WMD existed).
so it's not really Iraqis fault... Americans should really blame their government, rather the insurgents, for putting their sons & family in a nonsensical war... to blame iraqis for their deaths? logically, US is the invading army. if Americans find it OK to attack & kill another nation far off unilaterally, for an <b>imagined</b> attack (the supposed WMDs), then why not the Iraqis attacking the US soldier that HAS attacked & killed his Iraq, in Iraqi soil, & that's the in the reality?
& after Abu Ghraib, false intelligence etc... US now has no credibility in the war...
it's so sad... i really don't want to add ur grief, but i just feel US can't really blame insurgents for attacking them, because US did it too in the first place, without any reasonable, true justifications at that. at least the insurgents have a justification, somewhat...
though there's an old saying "2 elephants quarrel & the ants die between them". i guess ur brother is trapped in the situation, but so does many iraqis & their childs & babies. being a little naive, i just hope US will seek forgiveness -- maybe that can clear some air & help, someway. still, Allah Knows Best...
anyway, about the unveiling, the Americans can get female soldiers to unveil her. that would be OK, isn't it? just my thoughts... correct me if I'm mistaken..
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