Picture this: Pictures for the rallies and marches. Show the suffering:

[mom cat]

Subject: Picture this: Pictures for the rallies and marches. Show the suffering:
Message:
One of the things that turned the tide in the wa in Nam was the horrible picture of the little naked napalmed girl running for her life in absolute terror. :cry: We need to again put images of the real suffering that this war is causing out there. Several people have suggested doing this for the rallies and marches tomorrow, so I am starting this thread for people to post pictures that can be printed and carried. You can post pictures of anyone killed or injured in this war from any country involved. Thanks.

Here are a few to start:

The children:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x672390


The Dhar Jamail gallery of images:
http://209.97.202.24/gallery/


The Abu Ghraib Photos:
http://www.salon.com/news/abu_ghraib/2006/03/14/introduction/

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Australian_TV_station_releases_new_Abu_0215.html


Please add others, especially those of children and print some up for use tomorrow.

Americans can care a lot if they know. Help them know.

Thanks :grouphug:

[fooj]

1. K&R!!!

I have my candle lit for all who are suffering at the hands of our corrupt government. God, momcat...I hate what we are doing to these people. I really do.

Peace.

[lumpy]

3. kick

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[mom cat]

10. Good idea fooj. There is so much suffering. And now, the increased bombing

:cry:
and RAGE!

[malaise]

29. Is CSpan covering any rallies n/t

[DrDebug]

2. Don't forget the coffins

http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/coffin_photos/dover/

We met as soul mates
On Parris Island
We left as inmates
From an asylum
And we were sharp
As sharp as knives
And we were so gung ho
To lay down our lives

We came in spastic
Like tameless horses
We left in plastic
As numbered corpses
And we learned fast
To travel light
Our arms were heavy
But our bellies were tight

We had no home front
We had no soft soap
They sent us Playboy
They gave us Bob Hope
We dug in deep
And shot on sight
And prayed to Jesus Christ
With all of our might

We had no cameras
To shoot the landscape
We passed the hash pipe
And played our Doors tapes
And it was dark
So dark at night
And we held on to each other
Like brother to brother
We promised our mothers we'd write
And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes we would all go down together

Remember Charlie
Remember Baker
They left their childhood
On every acre
And who was wrong?
And who was right?
It didn't matter in the thick of the fight

We held the day
In the palm
Of our hand
They ruled the night
And the night
Seemed to last as long as six weeks
On Parris Island

We held the coastline
They held the highlands
And they were sharp
As sharp as knives
They heard the hum of our motors
They counted the rotors
And waited for us to arrive
And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes we would all go down together

Billy Joel - Goodbye Saigon

Where are the protest songs about Iraq? The above song is 38 years old, it is about the present!

[mom cat]

4. So true. Thanks for the picture. I will add it to the large cross that I

will carry tomorrow.

[EFerrari]

5. This is a good idea. Present them with the OCULAR PROOF!

Thanks, mom cat.

[mom cat]

8. This is so hard. I am crying with each picture that I print. But it needs

to be done. We must stop the massacre, genocide and slaughter of the innocents.

[EFerrari]

17. I know, mom cat. Thank you for undertaking

painful and oh so necessary work.

:hug:

:grouphug:

[mom cat]

23. Thanks. It is a lot less pain than the people in Iraq are feeling.

[Coexist]

6. .

:dem:

[Solly Mack]

7. Excellent. If the press/media won't bring the truth to the people

Then bring the truth to the rallies and protests.

"This is what war looks like" on the bottom of a picture


other:
"This is a war crime"
"This is Bush's war"
"Spreading democracy?"
"Spreading death"
"He/She died for Bush's lies"
"How many more?"
"Victim of Bush's Blood for Oil Program"
"Halliburton calls this profit"

What about her future?

Halliburton calls this profit

[mom cat]

9. Thanks Solly. I am adding those to my cross to!

[Judi Lynn]

11. There may be one or two in this link you could use, but it's beyond horror

I just found the link, looking for photos of "Iraq war" in google. It's doubtful many people have seen these. I could not really look at them, to tell you the truth, I raced by them. There may be one which would have an impact without traumatizing children.

http://www.awitness.org/journal/real_iraq_war.html

On edit:

This would be one which could be used. Very sad....

[mom cat]

12. Oh my God. There are horrible. I will use some for the Good Friday

protest at my Senator's office.

[Judi Lynn]

13. There's one near the bottom of this link which you may remember

It was released not too long after _Bush had Baghdad bombed. (Isn't it a shame to put power in the hands of someone with so little respect for his fellow man?)

http://www.krysstal.com/democracy_iraq_war04.html

It would be very clearly a negative statement about _Bush's war.

[mom cat]

14. Thanks for your links. There are some very graphic pictures in them.

We need to see what is being done in are name. As hard as these are to look at, it is nothing to compare with the horror of the people who are living it.

[Judi Lynn]

15. It's almost pointless to post this link, but it might be educational

Shows photos of victems of white phosophorous used against Iraqis:
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=Iraq+phosphorus

What a shame. Will no one ever be held responsible?

[mom cat]

21. I will be carrying at least one photo from that site tomorrow.

How dare we use these barbaric weapons. These are war crimes.

[Judi Lynn]

16. This might make a good sign. I don't know if permission is required

from Steve Bell at the Guardian.

[mom cat]

22. It might be a little late to get permission, but you could try.

You might also take the text and make something yourself.

[Judi Lynn]

18. I just discovered there are four sections in this link I posted earlier.

They can be accessed from the bottom of the page. This one is page #3,and you will probably recognize some of these now:
http://www.krysstal.com/democracy_iraq_war03.html

[mom cat]

24. Thanks for those links. I will be using some of them too.

[babylonsister]

19. Great idea, mom cat! K & R! nt

[autorank]

20. The horror! n/t Recommended for all to see.

[katty]

25. Great idea-perhaps register a site: "Picture This" w/appropriate

copyright credits, et al - an online gallery

[mom cat]

27. I might even put it in my journal.

[mom cat]

31. Actually, I just did. Now I have to get back to work on my cross for

tomorrow. I have downloaded all of the pictures that I will ce using and printed them. I foung a large box and cut it to form a cross and used a piece of garden bamboo for a pole. All I have to do now is tape on the pictures. I decided to just use pictures of the childres who have been injured or killed, six pictures on each side. It is pretty powerful. I hope that I can ger someone with a digital camera to take a picture.

[Ian David]

26. Can you use some of these?

[mom cat]

28. You have some good ones, especially from NOLA.

Hope you will use some of them.

[fooj]

30. The sheep pic is hilarious!!!!!!!!

Peace.

[Clara T]

32. Images From the War Zone

[mom cat]

33. Thanks for these pictures. I will be adding one or two to the cross.

[Clara T]

34. If you wish for an entire selection go here

http://www.marchforjustice.com/shock&awe.php

I feel like we citizens are failing miserably to uphold our end of the bargain. We seem to be sleepwalking into the fascist state and allowing grand scale murder to occur in our names with only the occasional voice/gathering of dissent.

Peace be with you.

[mom cat]

35. Thanks. I am going to collect all the links and make another post.

These must be seen.

[mom cat]

36. I have finished my cross. It is covered with pictures of children who

have been injured or killed. I will be carrying it in the Boston march and rally today.

[Judi Lynn]

37. Hope you'll have a tremendous turnout. Stay safe. n/t

[Tsiyu]

38. hey mom cat!

:yourock:

"Show it to them here so that we'll stop taking it over there....."