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Potent symbols: Iraqi boy shelters behind U.S. soldier
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com ^
| May 29, 2007
Posted on 05/30/2007 10:41:33 PM PDT by lowbridge
Some news photos are so rich in symbolism they're almost like Renaissance paintings in how much they communicate.
Such an Associated Press photo appeared on the front page of the New York Times's national edition.
Itâs a picture of the scene after a bombing in Baghdad yesterday. Adding to the chaos of the bombing which killed at least 21 people and injured at least 66 was a shooter, maybe targeting people in the crowd.
Amid all the Iraqis who are running from the gunfire was a U.S. soldier, standing tall, perhaps looking in the direction of the gunshots, not apparently looking for cover.
An Iraqi boy seeks shelter behind the soldier, a member of the 82nd Airborne Division.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: frwn; iraq; iraqichildren; iraqwar; soldier; spartansixdelta; waronterror; whywefight; wot; yourjobiniraq
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To: MEG33
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posted on
05/31/2007 5:31:48 PM PDT
by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
To: lowbridge
A picture DOES say a thousand words!!! Let me say 3 more....THANK YOU, SOLDIERS!!
122
posted on
05/31/2007 5:32:32 PM PDT
by
Suzy Quzy
(Hillary '08...Her Phoniness is Genuine!!!)
To: devolve; The Spirit Of Allegiance
Thank you Spirit. Sometimes a certain graphic just ‘says it all’!
123
posted on
05/31/2007 5:34:17 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(MIZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MIKAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_))
To: MEG33
Meg, I did not read through the thread earlier and just saw your beautifully framed picture here. You did a great job!
124
posted on
05/31/2007 5:35:37 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(MIZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MIKAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_))
To: potlatch
Thank you..I have saved it for later,too, with a link to the thread..This picture says so much.
125
posted on
05/31/2007 5:46:54 PM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
To: potlatch
Yes, I’d have missed it :-(
126
posted on
05/31/2007 5:50:16 PM PDT
by
pookie18
([Hillary Rotten] Clinton Happens...as does Dr. Demento Dean, Bela Pelosi & Benedick Durbin!!)
To: lowbridge
Excellent picture.
Scary,but excellent.Poor child.
127
posted on
05/31/2007 5:51:54 PM PDT
by
gimme1ibertee
(Fred is here.....and now it'll be all right.)
To: pookie18
Well, missing that thread would have been the biggest loss!
128
posted on
05/31/2007 5:52:36 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(MIZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MIKAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_))
To: wtc911
Picture of the year.
That you’ll NEVER see in the pages of TIME.
how these leftist pieces of trash sleep at night is beyond me.
That picture personifies the TRUE heroes of our country.
As has been said here many times before-GOD BLESS THEM ALL!!!
129
posted on
05/31/2007 5:57:45 PM PDT
by
gimme1ibertee
(Fred is here.....and now it'll be all right.)
To: MEG33
Note another significant yet little noticed phenomenon.
As soon as Saddam was safely in jail, in droves all the men changed from robes to western dress.
130
posted on
05/31/2007 6:50:58 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
To: Yossarian
“I’d like to be the first to propose the following:
1. A statue should be made of this scene, and
2. this statue should be placed at a future “Operation Iraqi Freedom” memorial to our fallen in this war.”
What a fabulous idea.
131
posted on
05/31/2007 7:15:03 PM PDT
by
mjaneangels@aolcom
("nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof.")
To: potlatch
Thank you, Potlatch. That’s the best animation I’ve seen in ages.
I hope that young boy continues to be safe.
132
posted on
05/31/2007 7:39:14 PM PDT
by
Darnright
( "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." Henri Cartier-Bresson)
To: devolve; Darnright
Thank you again and I share your hopes!
133
posted on
05/31/2007 7:41:41 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(MIZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MIKAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_))
To: potlatch
Bump for heroic soldiers.
Pray for W and Our Troops
134
posted on
05/31/2007 9:47:32 PM PDT
by
bray
(The co-clintons freed more terrorists then they killed)
To: devolve; bray
Thank you bray, and I do pray for them. Haven’t seen you in awhile, hope all is well!
135
posted on
05/31/2007 9:49:27 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(MIZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MIKAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_))
Comment #136 Removed by Moderator
To: Calpernia
That is very very incredible ....a great testament....
137
posted on
05/31/2007 10:56:53 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
To: TASMANIANRED
“Unknown he is Iconic...Representative of every American that has ever stood up to the plate for freedom.”
That’s a very good point. I hadn’t taken that into consideration.
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posted on
06/01/2007 2:25:44 AM PDT
by
Mila
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
139
posted on
06/01/2007 4:37:21 AM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: gimme1ibertee
That picture personifies the TRUE heroes of our country. As has been said here many times before-GOD BLESS THEM ALL!!!
_______________________________________________
That Soldier walks cooler than Steve McQueen and taller than John Wayne.
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posted on
06/01/2007 4:39:44 AM PDT
by
wtc911
("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
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