Some of the deadliest days in Iraq since January 2007:
— April 18, 2007: At least 157 people are killed in four bombings in mostly Shiite areas of Baghdad, including 112 in an explosion at a market.
— March 29, 2007: At least 179 people are killed, including 104 by multiple suicide bombers in the town of Khalis and in predominantly Shiite markets in Baghdad.
— March 27, 2007: Truck bombs hit markets in the northwestern city Tal Afar, killing at least 198 and wounding more than 150 people.
— March 6, 2007: Officials report 194 deaths, including 120 by two suicide bombers in a crowd of Shiite pilgrims in Hillah, about 60 miles south of Baghdad.
— Feb. 3, 2007: Officials report 167 deaths, including 137 by a suicide truck bomber at a market in a predominantly Shiite area of Baghdad.
— Feb. 1, 2007: Officials say 138 people are killed nationwide, including 73 who die in two suicide bombers in a crowded market in Hillah.
Keep a balanced heart. Grieve as well for death which is further than our own borders.
After putting up this post for a while, I realize that I need to qualify what I wrote with saying that I don't really feel for those who're suffering from the VT shooting, but that may be because I've never grieved for larger tragedies. I can't justify mourning with an unbalanced heart.
4 comments:
All tragedies at the hand of the same mean machine...
Luke,
Thanks for sharing these things with us. I agree - we need the reminder to grieve for those deaths that are further beyond our borders. Death is still death and worthy of grieving, even if it isn't something so close to home.
Cynthe
It's interesting... I was just thinking the other day about the national respons to the VT tragedy, and I couldn't help but think about the soldiers that die every day in this war. It's not even about considering other nations' violent losses at this point-- I feel like there is an imbalance in how we view the loss of our own young people in a different context. Sure, our soldiers have kind of signed up to potentially be shot to death, but their death is the same type of loss, (if not worse) and we seem to be numb to the reality of how many have lost their lives.
I agree with my wife on this one. Luke, thanks for bringing it up. Sometimes we really need someone to force us to look at those things we'd rather not.
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