A piercing sound followed by a flash of light announces the launching of an Iraq anti-aircraft missile seeking its target above Iraq's southern no fly zone. Within seconds comes the boom of the planes cargo, a bomb dropped in the surrounding area. The invisible but all too real threat of U.S. and British bombers has become an almost daily fact of life - and sometimes death. In Nasireyah, a city some 300 km south of Baghdad, the remains of a bridge bombed in 1991 reach, but no longer meet, across the Euphrates River. The bomb killed 600 people crossing the bridge, most on their way home from work.
Bombs continue to drop in both the south and the north of Iraq.
See next week. MCC needs 6 members for a work and learn team to El Salvador May 13 - May 26. The Administrative Assistant will work with the three-member management team. The deadline for applications is Monday, May 7. Enjoy ethnic Mennonite food and hear stories of refugee experiences across the decades.