Iraqi girls play in the snow in Sulaimaniyah; Photo AP PHOTO Yahya Ahmed
The day is snowed .. in Iraq..
It snowed in a lot of places today. But when it snowed in Baghdad, the world took notice.
Blamed on climate change.. global warming .. or just natural events, it raised eyebrows from continent to continent, and raised children's hopes. There was laughter in the streets of the war torn city.
A sign of hope amid violence and war.
This is the first time in memory--even for the elderly residents--that snowed has fallen in their city. Mountainous Kurdish areas off northern Iraq see snow. Baghdad doesn't. For 100 years?
TIME magazine is calling it a cold day in hell..
But there were snowball fights--at least a few from the little snow that stayed on the ground.
Some reporters were in awe..
Warmer temperatures expected for Iraq in coming days.
..So leave it with this. A father holding his son.
In snow.
In Iraq.
During war.
AP PHOTO
posted by schmuckraker @ 1/11/2008 07:07:00 PM
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Hey, I have an idea. Why don't we bomb them... you know, just in case... to be safe.
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just a question, kevin, did you see Bush's comments that he would have bombed Auschwitz and bridges that led to it??
What do you think of that?
I am actually just curious to know. Not to say he was right or wrong, but there was a great moral and political debate, especially in Jewish circles, after World War II and the decision to NOT bomb Auschwitz.
Just curious to know your thoughts
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