Brain Injuries in Iraq

Brain injuries among soldiers continue to be a serious aspect of the Iraq war (see "Dead Men Walking" at http://www.discover.com/ for a very informative article about this type of injury). CBS' Bob Woodruff, who suffered severe brain injury while reporting from Iraq, will tell his story and the story of soldiers who have experienced brain injury, tonight in a CBS special. Perhaps Woodruff's highlighting this type of injury will bring more attention to this injury which has debilitated so many troops. More info is here:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/26/ap/entertainment/mainD8NHJ5000.shtml

Related: Army Secretary Francis Harvey has resigned in the wake of allegations of poor treatment of soldiers at Walter Reed hospital.

Site for the Brits

The following website was developed by military ministries in the U.K. for British Christians: http://www.militarychristians.org.uk/.

Would you pray for Iraq?

The following website contains 40 days of pre-Easter prayer for Iraq. Please join us in praying for this important and war-torn nation!

http://www.pray4iraq2007.com/

Military Christians in the News

The North Texas Daily reports on how some military Christians combine faith with service at:

http://media.www.ntdaily.com/media/storage/paper877/news/2003/02/21/UndefinedSection/Military.Christians.Balance.Combat.Faith-1887135.shtml?sourcedomain=www.ntdaily.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com

Children Who Kill


CNN reports that:

There are more than 250,000 child soldiers fighting around the world.

Children are often brainwashed and drugged before they are forced to fight.

Their vulnerability can allow warlords to make them into coldblooded killers.

Child advocates see some signs of progress, but there's a long way to go.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/02/12/child.soldiers/index.html

Iranian President Interview

Diane Sawyer interviewed Iran's president for Good Morning America. ABC News reports, "Ahmadinejad skirted questions about weapons smuggling and stressed instead that the key to establishing peace in Iraq was for Americans, and all other foreigners, to leave." More info is at this link:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2868077&page=1

Middle East News

A nobel laureate warns, "The Middle East is in the worst condition I have ever seen." For more info, here's your link: http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,465367,00.html

Iraqi Parliament Member Bombed U.S., French Embassies

"A man sentenced to death in Kuwait for the 1983 bombings of the U.S. and French embassies now sits in Iraq's parliament as a member of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's ruling coalition, according to U.S. military intelligence," reports CNN at http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/05/iraq.lawmaker/index.html