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Article: Peacemaker journies to Baghdad.(Faith & Spirituality)(Christian Peacemaker Team)
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- April 20, 2003
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Tuesday, March 25, 2003
We have been driving for thirteen hours--it nine-member Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) delegation on our way to Baghdad. We are an hour and a half short of Baghdad. We've been piercing a sandstorm for several hours.
We encounter a bombed out bridge and are forced to make a detour through a town where American forces are reportedly fighting Iraqis. They aren't there.
The customs building was recently bombed. When we return to the Baghdad highway, we see the burnt skeletons of trucks and a bus beside the road. We pause for a couple of minutes to look at the cratered remains of a rest stop hit by U.S. missiles three days ...