2012年12月29日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


General's battle with PTSD leads him to the brink

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 05:24 AM PST

In this undated photo provided by Maj. Gen. John Cantwell, the general poses for a formal portrait. The troops Cantwell was fighting alongside in the Gulf War had used bulldozing tanks to bury the man alive. This hand - so jarringly human amid the cold mechanics of bombs and anonymous enemies - was about to wedge itself, the Australian man would write decades later, "like a splinter under the skin of my soul." It would lead, along with other battlefield horrors, to the splintering of his mind and to a locked psychiatric ward. (AP Photo/Maj. Gen. John Cantwell, Sergeant Neil Ruskin) EDITORIAL USE ONLYSYDNEY (AP) — In the exploding hell of battle, a single hand poked through the earth.


Reporter's Notebook: Iraqi Boy Hit by American Missile - 10 Years Later

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 02:02 PM PST

Reporter's Notebook: Iraqi Boy Hit by American Missile - 10 Years LaterThe News of His Marriage – Brought Back a Flood of Memories and Emotions


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