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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.

It’s 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsblogs.chicagotribune.com ...


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: lowbridge

Just....wow.


141 posted on 06/01/2007 7:08:16 AM PDT by StarCMC (Desperately seeking a new tagline. Say something pithy and I'll steal it. :-))
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To: lowbridge

Do you have a link for the second picture of the boy behind the soldier? Thanks.


142 posted on 06/01/2007 7:28:57 AM PDT by freedom4me ("Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom."--Ben Franklin)
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To: wtc911

Yessir...you got that right!


143 posted on 06/01/2007 9:15:12 AM PDT by gimme1ibertee (Fred is here.....and now it'll be all right.)
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To: lowbridge
THANK YOU!

Prayers for continued protection, wisdom and discernment for our troops!

144 posted on 06/01/2007 9:33:21 AM PDT by MountainFlower (There but by the grace of God go I.)
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To: freedom4me

Sorry I dont.


145 posted on 06/01/2007 11:16:33 AM PDT by lowbridge ("The mainstream media IS the Democratic Party." - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: PghBaldy; ovrtaxt
It is good to acknowledge when they do right. The NY Times did right by this American soldier.

In its own way, the fact that it was printed in a liberal rag -- an American liberal rag that has the right to print stuff I have the right to disagree with vehemently -- it just makes this photo even more meaningful to me.

146 posted on 06/01/2007 11:56:01 AM PDT by libravoter (Live from the People's Republic of Cambridge)
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To: lowbridge
Just a self reminder to keep some neat folks in my prayers.
147 posted on 06/03/2007 7:34:06 PM PDT by investigateworld ( Those BP guys will do more prison time than many convicted Japanese war criminals ...thanks Bush!)
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To: r9etb

The left’s already doing its best to undermine the photo. They’re spamming blogs that have posted it, claiming it’s phony. http://www.redstate.com/stories/war/imagine_if_the_people_actually_supported_the_troops


148 posted on 06/03/2007 7:48:58 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg
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To: Yossarian

The same statue should also be in Iraq.


149 posted on 06/06/2007 7:08:25 AM PDT by PreviouslyA-Lurker (...where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 2 Corinthians 3:16-18)
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To: lowbridge

I would like a t-shirt AND a poster, where do I get ‘em?


150 posted on 06/06/2007 7:19:54 AM PDT by PreviouslyA-Lurker (...where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 2 Corinthians 3:16-18)
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To: PreviouslyA-Lurker

Print your own at cafepress.com? Though the pic is probably copyrighted.


151 posted on 06/06/2007 4:37:50 PM PDT by lowbridge ("The mainstream media IS the Democratic Party." - Rush Limbaugh)
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