Sunday, November 18, 2018

Wissam al-Ghrawi

Can we take a moment globally to note this.




I know it's not a hysterical conspiracy about Russia and there's no connection to porn actress Stormy Daniels.  It's just an actual bit of news, the murder of a leader, but maybe we could take a moment to register it?

BASNEWS reports:


Another organizer of the demonstrations in Iraq's Basra was assassinated by unknown armed men on Saturday, a security source said.
The source who spoke on condition of anonymity, said in a statement that the activist, who was also a religious figure in the oil-rich city, was assassinated in front of his house.
He identified the victim as Wisam Gharrawi, adding that the body was taken to forensic department.





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He was assassinated.  His life mattered and that's why he was targeted.



I'm traveling in some vehicle
I'm sitting in some cafe
A defector from the petty wars
That shell shock love away
-- "Hejira," written by Joni Mitchell, first appears on her album of the same name


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