Story archives - tag: "Iraq"

mundane

I realized how mundane my job was when I received an email from my brother in Iraq stating, "A mortar hit two trailers down, but thank God it didn't detonate."

tags: shock inspriational Iraq [add]

2008-01-08 10:17:33 / Rating: 201.75 /

meq

I was molested for 8 years by my older brother, now he is leaving for iraq and I'm supposed to feel bad.

tags: sexual abuse childhood Iraq [add]

2007-08-03 15:39:05 / Rating: 214.25 /

Clare

I'm beginning to wonder if it's possible to fall in love with someone you've never met in person and you've only been talking to online for a month, but I know that I can't wait til he gets back from Iraq.

tags: love online anticipation Iraq soldier wonder [add]

2007-06-13 09:52:40 / Rating: 166.75 /

Lizzy

Tears poured down my cheeks when I heard my Dad was going to Iraq.

tags: family Iraq military father [add]

2007-04-11 10:41:09 / Rating: 205 /

Lewis from North Carolina, USA

President Bush killed my father, a soldier whose burned remains are now a part of the Iraqi desert landscape, and I, longing to fit in by supporting something I did not understand, was stupid enough to vote for him the previous year.

tags: politics death regret fatherhood anger Bush President Bush Iraq terrorism 9/11 war [add]

2006-09-11 23:06:50 / Rating: 862.75 /