So what happens when you drop a 1000 missles on a city?

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I found a site today of posts made by members of the Iraq Peace Team currently in Iraq. Many of them are doctors and skilled help from the US and around the world who have donated their lives to help the Iraqi people in the face of this invasion.

Iraq Diaries: http://electroniciraq.net/news/iraqdiaries.shtml

Some of these pictures are very difficult to look at. Many are of children who have been injured or killed, so please be advised. I do feel it is important, however, to look at the reality of what we are doing in comparison to what our media, government and military are telling us.

Here is an excerpt from one of the doctors:

General Tommy Franks described the bombing as a mosaic and we can understand that. We simply don't know the time of day when bombs are suddenly going to burst overhead. It continues to be horrifying when you think about what's happening to families, particularly now as members of the Iraq Peace Team have started to go to the hospitals and to the sites where family people have been harmed. We were utterly appalled when we heard that the Bush Administration is saying the war is a success because there have only been hundreds of casualties in spite of ... thousands of cruise missiles and bombs.

"But we now know of some of these so-called success stories and it can make you wonder what kind of perversity can be possessing the oval office and the defense planners. Some of our team members today, with Dr. April Hurley encountered a family that was just rushing into a hospital after a bomb hit the picnic lunch they were having in front of their home. At least one child was killed, two others are in uncertain condition.

"And at both of the hospitals we visited today, doctors are working around the clock really trying their best to heal people and - if they have minimal injuries - send them on their way so that they can make beds available for the many, many more casualties they expect to come. Particularly as there are reports of more massive bombings and a possible siege of Baghdad.

"Meanwhile of course, we are very, very concerned for people of Basra on their third day without electricity and water [ed. note: we are hearing water service has been partially restored in Basra]. They can't survive without water.

"The air raid sirens are wailing. This has been a frequent daily and nightly event. We are all sleep-deprived. I continue to marvel at how well people handle themselves - from the youngest of children to the most seasoned of peace activists to the people who are new to war zones. And of course these many, many families that are no strangers to war."

--Kathy Kelly

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