{"id":1872,"date":"2004-02-19T18:14:00","date_gmt":"2004-02-19T22:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles-wp\/?p=1872"},"modified":"2004-02-19T18:14:00","modified_gmt":"2004-02-19T22:14:00","slug":"same-donkey-different-blanket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2004\/02\/19\/18\/14\/same-donkey-different-blanket\/","title":{"rendered":"Same Donkey, Different Blanket"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s bad enough if your parents make a suprise visit when you’re say, away at College. But how would you handle it if your Mum popped up in the middle of Iraq when you’re on active duty?!?
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After serving nine months in Afghanistan, my son was deployed to the Sunni Triangle on January 9, 2004. I sought support from “military moms” then realized that none amongst us knew what was really going on there. Three weeks ago, I packed my bag, traveled to Baghdad and talked to GIs, Iraqi professionals, and Iraqi mothers affected by the occupation. I learned about: Random shootings: jittery GIs shoot Iraqi civilians in the streets. Anwar Jeward lost her husband, 18 year old son, and 14 and 8 year old daughters this way. Her 10 year old daughter, Abir, was left for dead in the street after a female GI stole the gold earrings from the child’s ears.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/a>Earlier here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s bad enough if your parents make a suprise visit when you’re say, away at College. But how would you handle it if your Mum popped up in the middle of Iraq when you’re...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t