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"Only the dead have seen the end of war".

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-FEB-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: "Only the dead have seen the end of war".(postwar Iraq)

Article Excerpt
That's the sign you read as you leave Forward Operating Base Duke; it's painted on a concrete barrier as you pass the gate. I saw it on my first convoy, as our three Humvees headed out to the city of Najaf. I was full of anticipation that day--the guys on my Civil Affairs team had taken me under their wing, and things were going well--and the sign caught my eye. Underneath the stenciled markings, the quote is attributed to Plato. For some reason, I find the words reassuring. I guess maybe because I'm not dead. * Najaf is in a Shia-controlled province, and it is where the mosque of Imam Ali (whom the Shia revere as the prophet Muhammad's first deputy) and an enormous cemetery where all Shia wish to be buried are located. The mosque and the cemetery are the main sources of the Shia clerics' power in Iraq, much like Mecca is an anchor of power for the Saudis. You might remember the August 2004 battle in Najaf between our military...

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