Hello friends, It's so nice to talk to you again...I'm sorry that I've been out of touch for a while, but I'm sure you understand.... I have so much to write...
Diary of a Human Shield 3. On Friday (March 21), we drove into central Baghdad through the smoke and haze to check the news. We realised that the outside world...
Diary of a Human Shield 4 Saturday (March 22) We went in to the human shield office to compare the `shock and awe' experiences of the night before. Thankfully...
Diary of a Human Shield 5 Sunday March 23 We hope for a quiet day today, having endured the 4th night and 5th morning of bombing… I'm starting to suffer from...
Diary of a Human Shield 6 Sunday night, March 23
Back at the site, I go for a walk up the hill to seek some quiet time befor= e the bombs start.
As the...
Diary of a Human Shield 7
Monday March 24
We head into town and share our experience of the night before with the oth= er human shields. It seems that each...
Diary 8
Tuesday, March 25
We head into town as usual....the wind is blowing a gale now...
The black smoke mixes with dust coming in from the desert whipped...
Diary of a Human Shield 9 – Decisions…. Wednesday, March 26 We caught a taxi into town through the brown haze which seems to be getting thicker. I'm...
Diary 10 – Lives destroyed. Thursday March 27
I felt sick as we walked into the hospital ward. Rows of beds, full, mostly= of children, but some elderly...
Diary 11 – Packing up, success of h.shields.... Friday March 28 We woke up today to find a clear day, blue sky and the sun shining outside. It was quite...
Friends, this was written for the newspapers, but also for your information... Thoughts of a human shield from a hotel room in Jordan… CNN flickers in the...
Diary 13 - Blood in the marketplace
Saturday March 29
The blood was in pools on the ground. Just like you'd see puddles of rainwater, well these were...
Friends, It's confirmed! I have a ticket in my hand which says that I'll be flying into Sydney on Friday evening. I'm getting all excited just thinking about...
Diary 14 – Rag doll and prayers Saturday March 29
The rag doll said it all. It was a tatty old thing. But quite adorable with a pink button nose and po=...
Diary 15 – Thoughts of a family
Saturday March 29
After the Yarmuk site, two of us went with Osama to meet his family.
Osama is a lovely Australian man...
Diary 16 – The Road to Jordan
Sunday March 30
We hit the road about 8.30am after taping the car with large, black letters= saying: "TV"…on the front, and...
Another perspective...
I smile as I watch the cheering crowds on CNN. It plays the same scene over= and over again, but I don't mind. This is something the...
Back in Baghdad... Razor wire, concrete barriers, power cuts, rumbling tanks, low-flying choppers... Welcome to Baghdad under occupation! But that's not all. ...
Friends, When I walked into the boy's room Hassain was sitting on the floor playing with leggo, the sun shining through the window onto his face. Ahmed was...
Hello everyone, Attached are some pictures which show the boys at the "Our Home" shelter. (I'm hoping this will work!) They include: one taken on the front...
The gunshots are firing thick and fast. Some are in the distance, others are just outside my window. It's about 7pm on Sunday night, the shots have been...
Baby Noura loves to dance … Well it's more of a jig as she bobs her stumpy body up and down to the sound of middle eastern music playing in the background. ...
Dear friends About 8 o'clock this morning I was trying to do decide what to do: `should I have a shower now or go down the street and fetch some milk first?' I...
Friends, Attached are three pics from the scene of the Kerrada St bombing. I've chosen not to send out graphic pictures which might be disturbing to some...
(Friends, Many of you have asked about Christmas in Baghdad – sorry it's a bit late, but I'll write about it in two parts – Christmas Eve, then Christmas...
The answer to the most commonly asked question from you guys the last two weeks is yes. It happens. In Iraq. Christmas, that is. In fact, as a predominantly...
In a dark, crowded theatre in Baghdad's Al-Wasiriyah district this week a star was born. His name is Leith. Eight weeks ago Leith, then only 12-years-old, was...
Friends, Attached are two pics of Leith. One when he was on stage the other day, the other taken about eight weeks ago when he was still living on the street. ...
Friends, I have many adventures here that I don’t get time to write about, but here’s the story of one which I wanted to share. It’s about our move to...
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