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Title: Things are heating up in Iraq.
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URL Source: http://blog.cindyiniraq.com/2009/04 ... -moment-of-silence-please.aspx
Published: Apr 9, 2009
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Post Date: 2009-04-09 13:40:37 by PSUSA
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April 8th & 9th, 2004 a bloody day for all in Iraq.

The days preceding the 8th & 9th were not easy days. Things were heating up all over Iraq. On April 7th, I took a convoy through Baghdad. We had problems on Sword, blockage, IED's planted on the frontage road, ect... Then on April 8th & 9th the shit hit the fan.

I made this post on April 9th.

I know everyone has been watching the news, and I am sure there are some concerns. I still have not seen the news. I have been real busy to not be busy and have not had the chance to watch it. I hear what is going on up north and on my way down a few days ago, experienced a bit of it. I want to be truthful with everyone, but I don't want to cause undue fear. Yes it is getting hotter in Iraq. And if you will remember, I believe I told everyone that it was going to get that way several months ago. I wont lie to ya'll, our convoys are getting hit more often now. People are getting hurt, and some even killed. A few days ago, I heard a rumor that a convoy was hit and hit hard. I had several friends up there and was as worried about them as I am sure ya'll are about me. I found out it was a Turkish convoy and they had done something that they should not have done. It doesn't lessen the loss for their families, but understand, I will not leave a camp without escort. Yesterday, 3 convoys were hit. One was a KBR flatbed convoy from Arifjan. (read the rest here)

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#17. To: ALL (#0)
This post here was captured from a post I made some place else and is not in full. The first line says "April 8th & 9th, 2004 a bloody day for all in Iraq." I was trying to honor those that fell that day. I was there when this happend and it affected us all. If you would like to read the FULL post, then please go to http://blog.cindyiniraq.com/2009/04/09/a-moment-of-silence-please.aspx
I don't know who put this here and really I don't mind. But please do not discount it becasue what is talked about happened 5 years ago. For some it was just yesterday and for those families that their loved one has STILL not been recovered, it is real and part of today.

WhiteRose posted on 2009-04-09 19:20:07 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
#18. To: WhiteRose (#17)
I was the one that posted it, because you posted it at another board. I posted it here because I thought it was more recent news.
No harm was meant. Discounting it means discounting it as a news story, not discounting the importance of it to those it affected.

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PSUSA posted on 2009-04-09 19:25:34 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
#21. To: PSUSA (#18)
Yes, I do once in a while, post some of my blog entries on a couple of truckers forums. I don't mind them being reposted other places. I never have even when I was in Iraq. I think you all for understanding what I and many other families have gone through. I am tired of my son and I being spit on and having obscenities thrown at me for being my being a contractor truck driver over there and my son being a soldier. It is hard to talk about sometimes because we never know what reaction people are going to give us.

WhiteRose posted on 2009-04-11 9:22:43 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
#22. To: WhiteRose (#21)
Your son is (or was) between a rock and a hard place. The way I see it is that the soldiers are nothing but pawns in the chess game our "leaders" are playing.
Most of us here are anti-war. No one has ever told us the Real Reason we are in Iraq. WHen one excuse is debunked, they bring up another excuse. It's an endless cycle. Now they dont even bother with the excuses. It's a fait accompli, no explanation needed.
Sometimes that jumps over into being anti-soldier, since we have a tendency to not excuse misconduct (murder, rape, etc.) done by soldiers over what has been billed as a humanitarian mission (!) Bringing them democracy and freedom. Accept it or we will KILL YOU!! No thanks, I'm not buying it.
With at least a million dead Iraqis, they would at least still be alive if we hadn't invaded over what proved to be nothing but lies.
But we know your son didn't issue those orders. He either obeys them or he pays the price.
This is a real mess we gotten ourselves into. Or rather a real mess our "leaders" have gotten us into, with the complicit approval of too many people here in this country.

PSUSA posted on 2009-04-11 10:01:34 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
#23. To: PSUSA (#22)
Principled resistance.

Deasy posted on 2009-04-11 10:02:59 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
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