{"id":816,"date":"2009-01-17T17:35:09","date_gmt":"2009-01-17T22:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/?p=816"},"modified":"2009-01-25T07:57:46","modified_gmt":"2009-01-25T12:57:46","slug":"dispatch-27-babies-slaughtered-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/?p=816","title":{"rendered":"Dispatch #27: Babies Slaughtered in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On the eve of my departure from Turkey, I sit here transfixed in front of the television. I watch endless loops of CNN Turk footage depicting the carnage that is raining down on Palestinian children–neigh on Palestinian babies\u2026babies\u2026babies. I can\u2019t breath.<\/p>\n

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The images of Israeli soldiers and civilians jumping up and down in jubilation and celebration makes my head hurt. My breath is caught in my throat.<\/p>\n

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The CNN Turk news anchor is doing a valiant job of not breaking down in tears as he holds a mobile phone while broadcasting the wailing and plaintive cries of a Palestinian father who gave a first person and live report immediately after an Israeli attack. The man’s child is dead. I am stunned into silence even though I sit here alone.<\/p>\n

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I turn off the t.v.<\/p>\n

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\n————-<\/p>\n

Protests in Turkey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Ankara<\/td>\nAnkara<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Istanbul<\/td>\nErzurum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Yesterday\u2019s protest against the Gaza attacks continued today and has occurred in all the major cities in Turkey.<\/p>\n

The world is watching to see how the Obama administration will address this travesty.
\n\u201cNone of us are free, if one of us is chained\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"ankara_skye1_08\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ankara, Turkey<\/p>\n

Bonus Links:
\nHeaven Help Us All (Song<\/a>, Lyrics<\/a>)
\nUN chief pays ‘heartbreak’ visit to Gaza as truce holds<\/a>
\nGaza schools open but young minds closed to peace<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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