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Sep. 15, 2007
Memory Eternal, Sheik Abdul Sattar al-Rishawi
There are the concerns that tug and pull, if not harshly, then at least consistently. Like the bedcovers at night, they just seem to inch away, until I wake up with no covers and cold. What tugs at me? Knowing that it is close for my two sons to come home from Iraq. It's so close... but so much could still happen.
We recently lost an amazing man in ar Ramadi to terrorist violence. A young sheik of only 37, and a great leader of The Awakening that brought a city - in a single year - from constant violence and bloodshed, to one with garbage collection, streets being repaired, sidewalks painted, running water, and more. A city that had the most dangerous stretch of road in the world - Route Michigan - was made safe enough for the return of an annual foot race. A city that has begun to find hope again... has begun to live again.
The blast of the car bomb that killed him shook the entire nearby military base. The incident has made him a martyr in the cause of ridding Ramadi of terrorists who bring nothing but death and destruction in their path.
I have to wonder, would the young sheik have been surprised to know that his death would bring tears to the eyes of a mother in far-away Alaska? and prayers for the people of Ramadi and all of Iraq... for peace... and for the strength to get, and keep, that peace.
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Sep. 28, 2007 - Hello