Goodbye Baghdad

[sabra]

A boy looks from behind the glass window of a bus bound for Syria in Al-Salhiyah bus station in Baghdad June 7, 2007. Hundreds of Iraqis leave Baghdad by buses travelling to Syria daily to avoid the sectarian violence, a manager in the bus station said.
REUTERS/MAHMOUD RAOUF MAHMOUD


A woman carries her baby before boarding a bus bound for Syria, in Al-Salhiyah bus station in Baghdad June 7, 2007. Hundreds of Iraqis leave Baghdad by buses travelling to Syria daily to avoid the sectarian violence, a manager in the bus station said.
REUTERS/MAHMOUD RAOUF MAHMOUD


Women sit at the terminal of Al-Salhiyah bus station in Baghdad, as they wait to board a bus bound for Syria, June 7, 2007. Hundreds of Iraqis leave Baghdad by buses travelling to Syria daily to avoid the sectarian violence, a manager in the bus station said.
REUTERS/MAHMOUD RAOUF MAHMOUD

[maddezmom]

1. so much for that American Freedom and Democracy

:(

[sabra]

2. I read a report the other day stating the UN is estimating 4+ million Iraqi

civilians displaced from their homes :-(

[karlrschneider]

3. Has anyone heard where Riverbend ended up?

...

[watercolors]

4. I have been thinking of her also

I hope her and family made it to a safe place. I wonder if she will post to let us know her where abouts.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. They're roving ambassadors of good will for America. Like the Palestinian refugees are for Israel.

60 years later, we can all see how well that has worked out.