Loss After Loss

I lost a friend a couple of weeks ago to the violence and killings that engulf Iraq.

I learned today about the loss of another friend, making the death toll of those i know reach 3 in as much months.

The latest victim was a shopkeeper. I knew him for about 13 years, since high school days. He was a very nice and a very polite person, who came from a good family that brought him up well.

He was killed with his brother, for relegious reasons.

He wasn't killed for what he worked, he was killed just for being what he was. As simple as that.

What can you say, when seeing people you know, fall all the time?

What can you say, when you see Al-Qaida slogans written increasingly on the walls in parts of your area, right under the noses of the American Army, the Iraqi Army, and the gov't that is busy giving away ministries, and many many parliamentarians who want to fill up their pockets and blab to Al-Jazeera and its likes, and just be served instead of serving the people.

Nobody can bring my friends who have fell dead back, but the big question is: Who would save those who are still alive? Who would save me, among other Iraqis? Would all Iraqis just sit and wait for the threat papers or assassination bullets to come? What is the solution? Would there be a crackdown where and when needed to stop all this?



Love died, feelings died,
The light that shows us the way died,
The human, within us died,
Let's all cry for that loss...
(Kazem Al-Saher)