« October 2006 | Main | December 2006 »

Haider Update

On the eve of Thanksgiving, a brief bulletin on young Haider, the 11-year-old Iraqi boy who has withdrawn into his own mind after finding his father's body. Haider too has much to be thankful for after many of you offered...

Continue reading "Haider Update"

November 22, 2006 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

HAIDER’S STORY

Haider captured our hearts at the ABC Bahgdad bureau last week. We have been humbled to discover how many of our viewers have been similarly touched. The 11 year-old Iraqi boy had found his father’s body, beheaded by insurgents, on...

Continue reading "HAIDER’S STORY"

November 13, 2006 | Permalink | User Comments (6)

Baghdad Madness

We spent a recent morning in the Ibn Rushud psychiatric hospital in Baghdad, one of just two psychiatric institutions in Baghdad, a city of over 5 million people. Ibn Rushud is for acute cases, has 70 beds, and keeps patients...

Continue reading "Baghdad Madness"

November 11, 2006 | Permalink | User Comments (9)

Eyes of the Snake, Roar of the Lion

Ever since Saddam first appeared in court in Baghdad, it has been pretty clear that everyone in the courthouse was intimidated, to some greater or lesser extent, by the former dictator. Even as a prisoner he had a way of...

Continue reading "Eyes of the Snake, Roar of the Lion"

November 5, 2006 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

FIGHTING QUIETLY

So all is thunder and fury in Washington, as the Republicans and the Democrats are falling over each other trying to assert their patriotism and support for the troops in Iraq…politicians, like pachyderms in the undergrowth, apparently cannot do anything...

Continue reading "FIGHTING QUIETLY "

November 2, 2006 | Permalink | User Comments (1)