A US Soldier looks at the sky as he sits atop of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle during a patrol on the outskirts of Baghdad, in 2005. The US Army is on track to break last year's all-time record for suicides, a pace that would top the civilian suicide rate for the first time since the Vietnam war, army officials said Thursday.
(AFP/File/Liu Jin)
Stephanie Ulloa, sister of U.S. Army 1st Class Sgt. Jose Enrique Ulloa, killed in Baghdad, reacts as she leans against the coffin, covered by a U.S. flag, containing the body of his brother during his funeral service in Jima Arriba, north of Santo Domingo, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.
(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
U.S. soldiers walk past a woman sitting near the entrance of her house in central Baghdad September 4, 2008.
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US soldiers provide security during a vehicle checkpoint in Baghdad, 2006. US forces killed six Iraqi security personnel north of Baghdad, Iraqi officials said, in an incident which the American military said was a case of "mistaken fire".
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Afghan villagers surround the dead bodies of two children who allegedly were killed during a raid by foreign and Afghan forces conducted by U.S. troops in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. The raid killed a man named Nurullah and two of his children and wounded his wife, a police officer said. First Lt. Nathan Perry, a U.S. coalition spokesman, said no American troops took part in the operation.
(AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
This 2004 US Navy handout image shows an explosion from an air strike during the opening hours of Operation Phantom Fury. A former US Marine ignored strict rules for handling detainees and ordered the killing of four unarmed Iraqi prisoners during 2004 fighting in Fallujah, a landmark trial in California was told on Thursday.
(AFP/HO/File/Lcpl James J. Vooris)Lament
Humanity
Created
By Almighty God
To mirror Himself
In all His beauty
His complexity
His diversity
Capable of giving
And receiving
The magic
Of Love
But
We chose
To revolt
Now
We hate
We inflict hurt
We murder
Our fellow image-bearers
Fear
Stalks us
Keeps us alone in crowds
Makes us lock our doors
My God!
We are fallen
And blindly
Reject
Your
Redemption
1 comment:
Well-expressed. It brings tears...
And we are called to be "little Redeemers?" God, help us!
The earth travails long in pain, longing for redemption, not destruction.
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