there was an explosion near this bridge so it was closed to cars except ambulances and people who wanted to get to the other side of the river (like me) had to walk, it was a long walk but my friend and I spent the time taking photos with our cell phones. the building in the background is the ministry of health. the explosion was in a road junction.

pont fermé après une explosion à Bagdad
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il y avait une explosion près de ce pont ainsi il a été fermé aux voitures excepté des ambulances et les gens qui ont voulu obtenir à l'autre côté du fleuve (comme moi) ont dû marcher, c'était une longue promenade mais mon ami et moi avons passé le temps prenant des photos avec nos téléphones portables. le bâtiment dans le fond est le ministère de la santé. l'explosion était dans une jonction de route.

puente cerrado después de una explosión en Bagdad
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había una explosión cerca de este puente así que fue cerrado a los coches excepto las ambulancias y la gente que deseó conseguir al otro lado del río (como mí) tuvo que caminar, era una caminata larga pero mi amigo y yo pasamos el tiempo que tomaba las fotos con nuestros teléfonos de la célula. el edificio en el fondo es el ministerio de la salud. la explosión estaba en una ensambladura de camino.

ponticello chiuso dopo un'esplosione a Bagdad
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ci era un'esplosione vicino a questo ponticello in modo da era chiuso agli automobili tranne le ambulanze e la gente che ha desiderato ottenere all'altro lato del fiume (come me) ha dovuto camminare, era una camminata lunga ma il mio amico ed io hanno speso il tempo che prende le foto con i nostri telefoni delle cellule. la costruzione nei precedenti è il ministero della sanità. l'esplosione era in un bivio.

geschlossene Brücke nach einer Explosion in Baghdad
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es gab eine Explosion nahe dieser Brücke, also wurde sie zu den Autos ausgenommen Krankenwagen geschlossen und Leute, die an die andere Seite des Flusses gelangen wollten (wie ich) mußten gehen, war es ein langer Weg aber mein Freund und ich verbrachten die Zeit, die Fotos mit unseren Zelle Telefonen nimmt. das Gebäude im Hintergrund ist das Ministerium der Gesundheit. die Explosion war in einer Straße Verzweigung.

ponte closed após uma explosão em Bagdade
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havia uma explosão perto desta ponte assim que foi fechada aos carros exceto ambulâncias e os povos que quiseram começar ao outro lado do rio (como mim) tiveram que andar, era uma caminhada longa mas meu amigo e eu gastamos o tempo que faz exame de fotos com nossos telefones da pilha. o edifício no fundo é o ministry de saúde. a explosão estava em uma junção de estrada.

stängt överbrygga efter en explosion i Baghdad
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det fanns en explosion nära detta överbryggar, så den stängdes till bilar undantar ambulanser, och folket, som önskade att få till andra sidan av floden (gilla mig) måste att gå, var den ett långt går, bara min vän och jag spenderade tiden som tar foto med vår cell, ringer. byggnaden i bakgrunden är departement av vård-. explosionen var i en vägföreningspunkt.

закрытый мост после взрыва в Baghdad
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был взрыв почти этот мост поэтому он был закрын к автомобилям за исключением ambulances и люди хотели получить к другой стороне реки (как я) должны погулять, это было длинней прогулкой но моим другом и я потратили время принимая фотоих с нашими телефонами клетки. здание в предпосылке будет министерством здоровья. взрыв находился в соединении дороги.

gesloten brug na een explosie in Bagdad
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er was een explosie dichtbij deze brug zodat werd het gesloten aan auto's behalve ziekenwagens en de mensen die aan de andere kant van de rivier (als me) wilden krijgen moesten lopen, was het een lange gang maar mijn vriend en ik bracht de tijd door die foto's met onze celtelefoons neemt. het gebouw op de achtergrond is het ministerie van gezondheid. de explosie was in een wegverbinding.

ينفضّ جسر بعد انفجار في بغداد
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هناك كان انفجار قرب هذا جسر لذلك أغلقت هو كان إلى سيارات ماعدا سيارات والناس الذي أراد أن يحصل إلى الأخرى جانب من النهر (مثل ي) اضطرّ مشيت, هو كان مشية طويلة غير أنّ صديقتي وأنا أنفقوا الوقت يأخذ صور مع نا خلية هواتف. البناية في الخلفيّة ال [مينيستري وف هلث]. كان الانفجار في [روأد جونكأيشن].

I usually go everyday to my college but this day I didn't. later I knew that there was an explosion in the college next door, I pass by it everyday and some of my college students hang out in that college and vice versa.

the bomb was put in some student's locker. one student died and another was injured.

Here’s what one student who was there said, “what I saw today is saddening, I saw students badly injured and others with less severe injuries. People were running not knowing where to go as if lost”

The student who died was about to graduate and become a dentist. May God bless his soul.

Today is a great day for me. I went first to an orphanage run by the government and I talked with the superintendent, he was a nice man. He answered all my questions about the system of their work but the thing is he said that I can do nothing to help them unless I get a permission from the authorities. I find it a very stupid idea that one has to get permission to help orphans. Anyway I have to do things by their rules so I’ll do it (God willing). I was thinking that I can help in teaching them and also maybe to raise some funds to bring gifts and other stuff for the children there.

Next I went to a department of the ministry of education to talk to the chief there, I waited long but finally I got to meet him, he was nice too and I told him about my project to introduce ICT (information and communication technology) to schools, he was understanding and told me to submit officially the project to him and he will take it to the ministry of education and see if they approve it, the thing this time is money, he said the ministry don’t have sufficient funds.

I used to sleep all morning but this day I did something useful I hope and I think it’s much healthier to wake up early and I feel more active too.

I was postponing starting my work on these two projects, I don’t know why maybe because of laziness or fear from rejection. Anyway after reading Maitreeye’s updates I got motivated and so thank you so much Maitreeye.

Before the war on saddam, I watched sadly the anti war demonstrations in several countries of the world and I was worried that the stance taken by some countries like France, Germany, Russia and others would make America change her mind and drop the decision of fighting saddam but fortunately the American troops started coming to Kuwait and the Gulf so I was sure that the Iraqi people will finally be free.

I don’t know why some people are so anti war but to me it was the only way to get rid of saddam. It is important to realize that if you want to completely comprehend the situation in Iraq, you need to understand saddam very well and what he meant to us and then you will see that we were living in hell and that we will be thankful to any one who save us from saddam.