Once more into the fray
No one asked their names.
In the days following the rogue US soldier’s shooting spree in Kandahar, most of the media, us included, focused on the “backlash” and how it might further strain the relations with the US.
Many mainstream media outlets channelled a significant amount of energy into uncovering the slightest detail about the accused soldier – now identified as Staff Sergeant Robert Bales. We even know where his wife wanted to go for vacation, or what she said on her personal blog.
But the victims became a footnote, an anonymous footnote. Just the number 16. No one bothered to ask their ages, their hobbies, their aspirations. Worst of all, no one bothered to ask their names.
In honoring their memory, I write their names below, and the little we know about them: that nine of them were children, three were women.
The dead:
Mohamed Dawood son of Abdullah
Khudaydad son of Mohamed Juma
Nazar Mohamed
Payendo
Robeena
Shatarina daughter of Sultan Mohamed
Zahra daughter of Abdul Hamid
Nazia daughter of Dost Mohamed
Masooma daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Farida daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Palwasha daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Nabia daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Esmatullah daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Faizullah son of Mohamed Wazir
Essa Mohamed son of Mohamed Hussain
Akhtar Mohamed son of Murrad Ali
The wounded:
Haji Mohamed Naim son of Haji Sakhawat
Mohamed Sediq son of Mohamed Naim
Parween
Rafiullah
Zardana
ZulhejaA prayer for all sixteen martyrs. May their souls rest in peace and may justice be served one day, some day. Amin.
I’d like to see less stories about the shooter and more about the people whose lives he took.
Reading the names makes it so much more real…
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…as if Neil Armstrong had turned to Buzz Aldrin and said, “Looks a bit chilly out there, let’s just head home”.
Robbers use Facebook Places to target victims when they're not home
“A burglary ring in Nashua, New Hampshire targeted people who checked into places on Facebook, alerting them when they were not home. The police caught them after they broke into 50 homes and stole $100,000 worth of goods.”
This is why I don’t use any location services…
Yahoo invented Google Instant 5 years ago, but didn't follow through!
“Back in 2005, prior to joining the del.icio.us team, I was a product manager on Yahoo’s search team. I led the (truly awesome) team that built and shipped Yahoo’s first AJAX search tools. Our biggest project and crowning achievement was LiveSearch: a fully interactive search UI that produced auto-complete search suggestions and displayed instant search results — in real-time as you typed.”
This is why Google is awesome, they can see the big picture and aren’t afraid to take risks.
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6th September 2010
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This year’s Emmy opening show was quite brilliant! Of course, when you have Don Draper, Liz Lemon and Hurley on the same stage, you really can’t go wrong. Maybe it’s time to look into the whole “Glee” thing…
