Concrete barriers, placed to prevent suicide bomber attacks, are not new. The one between Sadr City and the Green Zone is being used to make it easier to do reconstruction. Grim as it sounds, article goes on to tabulate the bombings in other parts of the world, also. "Walls" are increasingly used in other places, also. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.