Ali al-Saadi is a lucky little boy

This is Ali al-Saadi. The upset but relieved looking man is his father Faarg. Ali was hurt in a bomb explosion in Baghdad today Monday, May 8, 2006, that makes him a lucky little boy, very lucky to judge by the 'photo. Of course he's a brown person and he lives in a country invaded and occupied illegaly, brutally, racistly, and incompetently, by the same people who "managed" and indeed still are "managing" the Hurricane Katrina emergency and its aftermath that was, and continues to be, a "heck of a job." Isn't that right? - A "heck of a job." Yes indeed a "heck of a job." They're doing a "heck of a job" in Iraq too. Ask Ali or his father Farg, it's been one of the most efficiently managed lootings of two treasuries ever accomplished by private interests and their lobbyists. Two treasuries for the price of one the Iraqi Treasury and the U.S. one. But let's get back to Ali. Ali's lucky but he's not all that lucky what with him being brown and living in a country that's been invaded, occupied, and is now being carved up by the (mostly white) USA and its (mostly white) allies. But he's still luckier than the seven other Iraqis and the U.S. soldier who were killed today. That makes eight families plunged into grief. Ali's family isn't one of them Ali appears to have escaped with fairly minor head injuries and if you look closely it appears that some shrapnel got through his T-Shirt but there's no blood visible so all in all Ali has been lucky enough. In fact Ali's even luckier than he seems. When he wakes up he's going to see his father. So Ali's going to know that his dad is still alive. He's going to know that his dad hasn't been dragged off, cuffed, tortured, and then killed, by one of the death squads currently rampaging around Baghdad helping the (mostly white) US and her (mostly white) allies carve up the country that Ali calls "home. " For some strange reason the captions the news agencies supplied with this photo and indeed all the other photos don't talk about how lucky Ali is. They give a few details and then talk about the Iraqi politicians arguing about who will get which post in the new Cabinet then they all talk about how U.S. and Iraqi officials hope that the outcome of all this arguing will make a difference. I don't know why they think this will make a difference and I'd be prepared to wager a lot of money that they don't either. What I do know is that Ali al-Saadi is a lucky little boy. I hope Ali's luck continues to hold for him. markfromireland