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Thu Sep 9, 2010 2:43:49 pm
i've just read a book about salim pax- the bagdad blogger.... he wrote a blog during the invasion/liberation of iraq from saddam hussain... found it quite interesting to see how an ordinary person was affected by the military action back in 2003.... anyway thought i'd have a go myself.... i like to have a good moan about things, so it should suit me fine.... :)
Thu Sep 9, 2010 2:59:01 pm
anyway thought i'd have a go myselfDoes this mean you will also write about your experiences during the war?
Thu Sep 9, 2010 5:18:49 pm
i did mean blogging but i might tell you some of what i felt.... it wouldn't be from an iraqi perspective like salam pax... i was never there.....!!!
i live in england, but for me they war began on 9/11.... i had my 6 month old lad sat in his bouncing chair, my first child.... i remember that day so clearly... it really was a day that changed the world.... before 9/11 everyone thought they were safe... there was no fear of terrorism and suicide bombers.... the irish conflict over here had seemed to have been sorted and the future was looking bright.... but... that morning , the fear i learned that day will stay with me forever....
i remember waking as normal, going downstairs for my usual morning routine of coffee and morning T.V.... i was waiting for 'Sliders' to come on BBC2... i was less than amused when the beginning program was interrupted to air "an important announcement" from the BBC News.... it was a confused report in the beginning ...shots of the WTC on fire with reports that a plane had crashed into the building.... i thought it was just an accident, that's what it seemed to be at first...
it was when the second plane hit the WTC.... that's when real fear took hold... there was me and my young baby boy... it was certainly no accident now.... i really thought that World War 3 had just started.... i felt so guilty for my child... he was just a few months old and the world had gone mad....
i watched the news in horror that day.... i watched as people jumped to their death, i watched as both towers fell... i may not have been there... but i felt those peoples pain...and i cried....
things really did change after 9/11... even over here in england, many thousands of miles away... over here, there never had really been any problems with the muslim population... islamophobia certainly became apparent very soon after.... there were reports of muslims being attacked and mosques being defaced... even i began to look on muslims with suspicion... i just didn't... and still really don't understand how a religion that professes to be one of peace, could ever have its followers target people like that....
that day (9/11) changed me... i've never thought the same since....
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3) deleted, Thu Sep 9, 2010 6:43:06 pm
That's the longest reply I've ever seen.
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4) deleted, Thu Sep 9, 2010 7:25:43 pm
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That's the longest reply I've ever seen.
Sorry, that comment sounds really pissy. I remember that day too. Was in 7th grade in video class. Teachers outside talked in whispered voices. Somehow the news channel got turned on. We watched that second hit happen. All I remember is everyday afterward never felt the same. Everybody changed somehow..as did I..but not like I chose to..except I couldn't help it when the city I lived in, NYC, changed quite a lot. Strict, security, uptightness..that's what I remember. I guess you can say..certain realities hit hard real fast in my head.
Thu Sep 9, 2010 8:53:07 pm
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Sorry, that comment sounds really pissy.
I remember that day too. Was in 7th grade in video class. Teachers outside talked in whispered voices. Somehow the news channel got turned on. We watched that second hit happen. All I remember is everyday afterward never felt the same. Everybody changed somehow..as did I..but not like I chose to..except I couldn't help it when the city I lived in, NYC, changed quite a lot. Strict, security, uptightness..that's what I remember. I guess you can say..certain realities hit hard real fast in my head.
I'm saving my 9/11 story for a blog post about it.I remember that day too. Was in 7th grade in video class. Teachers outside talked in whispered voices. Somehow the news channel got turned on. We watched that second hit happen. All I remember is everyday afterward never felt the same. Everybody changed somehow..as did I..but not like I chose to..except I couldn't help it when the city I lived in, NYC, changed quite a lot. Strict, security, uptightness..that's what I remember. I guess you can say..certain realities hit hard real fast in my head.
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7) deleted, Thu Sep 9, 2010 10:30:51 pm
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I'm saving my 9/11 story for a blog post about it.
This saturday then? or saturdayish?Thu Sep 9, 2010 10:41:27 pm
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This saturday then? or saturdayish?
Not sure. Either tomorrow or Saturday.Thu Sep 9, 2010 10:42:06 pm
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Not sure. Either tomorrow or Saturday.
But I could also get lazy and defer until next year.no image
10) deleted, Thu Sep 9, 2010 10:46:50 pm
I know..I do the same. Or forget altogether. Often the memory for me become like that version of 9/11 of mine, which is already watered down from years of not recounting it.
Thu Sep 9, 2010 10:48:42 pm
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I know..I do the same. Or forget altogether. Often the memory for me become like that version of 9/11 of mine, which is already watered down from years of not recounting it.
I just remembered that I already wrote about it before. http://blogstalk.com/blog/681/Another-Piece-of-the-9-11-Story/Fri Sep 10, 2010 12:48:58 am
My sister's birthday is 9-12. Who is Kristian?
