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March 2010

Kseniya Simonova: The Great Patriotic War (Ukrainian)

The Ukranians refer to their portion of World War II as the Great Patriotic War.  During the war one in every four of the population were killed, resulting in between 8-11 million deaths out of a population of 42 million. 

Honor the Fallen: March 10-24, 2010

Marine Lance Cpl. Garrett W. Gamble

Died March 11, 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

20, of Sugar Land, Texas; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died March 11 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

 

A New Version of a Weapon of Mass Destruction

One of Voices' regular contributors to our work is Barbara Kaufmann.  Barbara is an award winning writer, peacemaker minister, healer and shaman who “writes to simply change the world.” Her One Wordsmith www.onewordsmith.com website is filled with humanitarian short stories.

Afghanistan War Death Toll Continues to Rise

March 5-9, 2010

DOD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was  supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Poems from Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak

Ode to the Sea

Ibrahim al-Rubaish

 

O sea, give me news of my loved ones.

Were it not for the chains of the faithless, I would have dived into you,
And reached my beloved family, or perished in your arms.

Prayer of the Children

Prayer for the Children, Fiber art by Susan Wei, Ashland, NH

Experiencing Life and Death

Last week in the blog we listed the name of Lance Corporal Alejandro J. Yazzie, a member of the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, Marines, as having been killed in hostile small arms fire in Helmand, Afghanistan.  This morning, National Public Radio journalist, Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, offered a first-hand view of how Lance Corporal Yazzie lost his life while clearing improvised explosive devices around the Taliban stronghold of Marjah.  Alejandro J.