Comments on: Longing for home http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/12/longing-for-home/ Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:00:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Michele, Save the Children colleague http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/12/longing-for-home/comment-page-1/#comment-522615 Michele, Save the Children colleague Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:43:49 +0000 http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/?p=22223#comment-522615 Osama - Our hearts and prayers are with you and your family. I work for Save the Children (home office) and have the greatest amount of respect and admiration for our brave field staff. The work that is accomplished on a daily basis is truly inspirational. Please do not hesitate to contact me if there is anything I can do to help. Stay Positive, Michele Michele Dugan Associate Director of Collaborative Systems mdugan@savechildren.org Osama – Our hearts and prayers are with you and your family. I work for Save the Children (home office) and have the greatest amount of respect and admiration for our brave field staff. The work that is accomplished on a daily basis is truly inspirational. Please do not hesitate to contact me if there is anything I can do to help. Stay Positive, Michele

Michele Dugan
Associate Director of Collaborative Systems
mdugan@savechildren.org

]]> By: PA http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/12/longing-for-home/comment-page-1/#comment-522595 PA Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:56:00 +0000 http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/?p=22223#comment-522595 I don't condone Hamas. But I certainly don't condone Israel's Slaughter on an inncoent people trapped like animals in Gaza, no where to go or a means to get there. Over 900 lives have been lost in Gaza inc. women and children to Israel's attacks. Today Israel notched up warfare on Gaza! This brand of warfare on innocent people is Deplorable. Israel could have evacuated the people of Gaza and fought the enemies vs kill civilians! The people of Gaza are innocent citizens undeserving of this slaughter. Contrary to popular beliefs all Gazans did not elect Hamas to Office! But all are paying the price for a few! Disgusting! The world needs to demand an end to this senseless killing now. I don't condone Hamas. But I certainly don't condone Israel's Slaughter on an inncoent people trapped like animals in Gaza, no where to go or a means to get there. Over 900 lives have been lost in Gaza inc. women and children to Israel's attacks. Today Israel notched up warfare on Gaza! This brand of warfare on innocent people is Deplorable. Israel could have evacuated the people of Gaza and fought the enemies vs kill civilians! The people of Gaza are innocent citizens undeserving of this slaughter. Contrary to popular beliefs all Gazans did not elect Hamas to Office! But all are paying the price for a few! Disgusting! The world needs to demand an end to this senseless killing now.

]]> By: Celeste, Murfreesboro,TN http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/12/longing-for-home/comment-page-1/#comment-522016 Celeste, Murfreesboro,TN Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:19:20 +0000 http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/?p=22223#comment-522016 War is a terrible thing. My heart & prayers go out to you and the others, and the children. War is a terrible thing. My heart & prayers go out to you and the others, and the children.

]]> By: Vicky, Ottawa, ON http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/12/longing-for-home/comment-page-1/#comment-521303 Vicky, Ottawa, ON Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:46:21 +0000 http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/?p=22223#comment-521303 Osama, I read your posting with a very heavy heart, the more so because there seems to be little any of us as individuals can do to relieve your distress. Your postings are very powerful accounts of the circumstances you and your family are facing, and perhaps it may help to know that you have some power or control over your present circumstances through your postings. Keep writing...you must have Internet access somehow. Thank you for keeping us aware, and I hope and pray that this nightmare will end for you soon. It must be impossible to make decisions without knowing how best to keep your family safe. I'm sure your work with Save the Children means you have much knowledge in how to help children who have been traumatized, but none of that helps when the trauma is ongoing, and you cannot remove yourselves from the situation. The powerlessness and lack of control is horrible, and I think of the little girl who is powerless to comfort herself even with the lollipop she remembered was hers. We will hope to hear from you again. How much aid is getting through? There is some action we can take in terms of funding humanitarian relief, but that seems so remote from meeting your needs. Osama, I read your posting with a very heavy heart, the more so because there seems to be little any of us as individuals can do to relieve your distress. Your postings are very powerful accounts of the circumstances you and your family are facing, and perhaps it may help to know that you have some power or control over your present circumstances through your postings. Keep writing...you must have Internet access somehow. Thank you for keeping us aware, and I hope and pray that this nightmare will end for you soon. It must be impossible to make decisions without knowing how best to keep your family safe. I'm sure your work with Save the Children means you have much knowledge in how to help children who have been traumatized, but none of that helps when the trauma is ongoing, and you cannot remove yourselves from the situation. The powerlessness and lack of control is horrible, and I think of the little girl who is powerless to comfort herself even with the lollipop she remembered was hers. We will hope to hear from you again. How much aid is getting through? There is some action we can take in terms of funding humanitarian relief, but that seems so remote from meeting your needs.

]]> By: Mary http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/12/longing-for-home/comment-page-1/#comment-521280 Mary Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:42:56 +0000 http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/?p=22223#comment-521280 Mr. Damo, You have the heart of a lion. I am so glad that those children have you and your wife. Is there anything that I could do to help? Mr. Damo, You have the heart of a lion. I am so glad that those children have you and your wife. Is there anything that I could do to help?

]]> By: Annie Kate http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/12/longing-for-home/comment-page-1/#comment-521274 Annie Kate Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:27:59 +0000 http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/?p=22223#comment-521274 I hope that peace comes quickly and that a long term agreement can be negotiated so all can live without the threat of rockets, tanks, and other destruction that threatens the people in this area today. The children especially need this; they are at the tender age that all this trauma will have a lasting impression on them - peace needs to come quickly or there will be another healthy crop of insurgents from this group of children when they get older. I hope that peace comes quickly and that a long term agreement can be negotiated so all can live without the threat of rockets, tanks, and other destruction that threatens the people in this area today. The children especially need this; they are at the tender age that all this trauma will have a lasting impression on them – peace needs to come quickly or there will be another healthy crop of insurgents from this group of children when they get older.

]]> By: earle,florida http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/12/longing-for-home/comment-page-1/#comment-521272 earle,florida Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:25:09 +0000 http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/?p=22223#comment-521272 It's a shame that were in the 21st century, and those inflicted by this needless loss of life on "Woman,and Children" will most certainly foster tomorrows suicide bombers! What the perpetrators should well be aware of (21st century technology) that a "suitcase strap-on" in a decade or so,could turn the desert into a "Glass Inferno",... It's a shame that were in the 21st century, and those inflicted by this needless loss of life on "Woman,and Children" will most certainly foster tomorrows suicide bombers! What the perpetrators should well be aware of (21st century technology) that a "suitcase strap-on" in a decade or so,could turn the desert into a "Glass Inferno",...

]]> By: Chris Sosa - Boston, MA http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/12/longing-for-home/comment-page-1/#comment-521229 Chris Sosa - Boston, MA Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:38:56 +0000 http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/?p=22223#comment-521229 Osama, You, along with all of those caught in this conflict, are in my thoughts and prayers. Violence is so innately senseless, if only the powers-at-be would see what seems so clear to many of the rest of us. Unfortunately, the deep roots, past rivalries, revisionist history, and clan mentality have done nothing but cloud the judgment of all those with the power to stop this horrible violence. Thank you for what you are doing for these innocent children. May God bless you for it and keep you, your family and loved ones, and the innocent civilians safe in these horrible circumstances. Osama,

You, along with all of those caught in this conflict, are in my thoughts and prayers. Violence is so innately senseless, if only the powers-at-be would see what seems so clear to many of the rest of us. Unfortunately, the deep roots, past rivalries, revisionist history, and clan mentality have done nothing but cloud the judgment of all those with the power to stop this horrible violence.

Thank you for what you are doing for these innocent children. May God bless you for it and keep you, your family and loved ones, and the innocent civilians safe in these horrible circumstances.

]]> By: PA http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/12/longing-for-home/comment-page-1/#comment-521213 PA Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:27:48 +0000 http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/?p=22223#comment-521213 Osama I so wish there was something we as a people could do to free you and all the Gazan people. I can't even imagine your plight but my heart aches for you and all who have been displaced, injured and have lost loved ones. No one should have to endure such inhumane treatment. It is a travesty that should not be taking place. I pray for you and the people of Gaza day and night and I will continue. Surely, God will hear the prayers being offered for you and your people from every corner of the world. I hope you all will be safe and this atrocity against innocent people will end now. God Bless. Osama I so wish there was something we as a people could do to free you and all the Gazan people. I can't even imagine your plight but my heart aches for you and all who have been displaced, injured and have lost loved ones. No one should have to endure such inhumane treatment. It is a travesty that should not be taking place. I pray for you and the people of Gaza day and night and I will continue. Surely, God will hear the prayers being offered for you and your people from every corner of the world. I hope you all will be safe and this atrocity against innocent people will end now. God Bless.

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