Innocence

This is so fucking sad I almost couldn't stand to blog about it, however, it needs to be read by as many people as possible. The war in Iraq has cost not only trillions (yes I said trillions) of dollars, and the resources of virtually the entire known world to get absolutely nowhere in making the country A) safer B) democratic C) livable. That isn't even counting the cost of human life that has climbed by the hundreds daily for the last 4 years. That number has been bandied between 80,000 (by the Bush cafe of course) and 2 million. Now in contrast to that staggering figure, one life doesn't seem as monumentally immediate. I call bullshit on that kind of thinking.

This is Samar Saed Abdullah and her plight is a tragic and all too common one. 25 years old and sitting on death row in Iraq is a fate I can't imagine. When you consider her probable innocence, and the fact that she was tried and convicted all in one day, the story becomes even more harrowing. CNN has a few details here: INNOCENCE

Please let's all make some waves about this heartbreaking story. One of thousands just like it coming out of a place that we're supposedly making safer and more democratic. Seems to me the only thing we're helping the Iraqiis do is get rid of their oil, and cheap.

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