Meanwhile, the "surge" in Iraq continues - 16 year old Iraqi blogger in Mosul

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

I've been following her blog for almost 2 years. She has given me permission to post it here.

http://livesstrong.blogspot.com/

Talk about daily life of a teenage girl in Iraq, and days of suffering and success. My nick name will be Sunshine..

Thursday, October 09, 2008

We invited our relatives (my dad's uncle with his family) to have lunch in our house few days ago, our uncle came with his family at time, but his married daughter came late, when she reached our home she was pale and her voice was shaky, her husband ( he is a doctor)drove his car hastily without getting in to say hi, as soon as she reached our house she gave her baby sons to her sister and brother, I felt like she couldn't stand! she said "my husband just got a phone call , his uncles and cousins were shot by an armed men, while they were in a relative funeral, and he'll go to the hospital now with my brothers in law". it was a shocking news for all, oh, god Her husband's family were in the hospital and she didn't know if they were alive or not, she was also worried that those terrorists would go to the hospital and shoot them again.

Later, her husband called and said 4 of his relatives died, and that his cousin is dying "a matter of few hours, there's no chance for him to survive " he said .. he added that 6 bullets hit his grandpa and his other 5 relatives were also injured..

It is horrible, and devastating, 5 relatives died, and 6 relatives were staying in the emergency room..
The situation is not getting better at all, everyday is worse than the day before, specially in Mosul .
Now in Mosul the threaten was directed to the Christians, either they immigrate or get killed, I feel so worried about my friends, neighbors and everyone I know, the terrorists kill the innocent Iraqis and the government is watching.
Oh my god, everyday I hate the war more and more, it is the most horrible thing that happened to us, I don't know if we'll ever live in peace. The whole condition tense me, because it makes everything hard, even going to school or studying, we can't have a normal day without blood, or bad news..

School started last Monday, it is the most important year in my life, and I need to feel safe and comfortable to be able to concentrate since I am emotional. .I'll work hard, try to concentrate in spite of everything, keep calm and live each day without thinking about the next or past day.. as the situation is getting worse by time, our teachers are giving us extra homework and lessons so that we finish the curriculum quickly, they always tell us "a curfew may start in every minute and last for weeks".. our teachers in school for this year are not good, I must depend on myself 100%. ..

We need your prayers,

Sunshine

[Poseidan]

1. the surge

They continue propagating the ridiculous surge success fallacy. The surge did not succeed. What succeeded was bribery and the acquisition of a new alliance with, as they are called, the 'Sons of Iraq'. The three occurrences simply happened to coincidence.

[otherlander]

2. Damn.

Just... damn.

[nbdemocund999]

3. Obama should say it like this.

The Surge is nothing more than a Heavier Lid on a Boiling Pot. I saw that on a bumper sticker at Press for Progress, http://www.pressforprogress.com , and I have to agree that its the best way to illlustrate why the surge is NOT a solution at all. Obama should use the phrase.

[etherealtruth]

4. Tragic

It breaks my heart that this child and other's live like this.