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Bahraini blogger Dawood is thinking of ways of helping Iraqi widows and orphans in this post.
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You should take a look at the Wounded Warriors Project. It raises awareness for severely wounded combat U.S. combat veterans in Iraq and Afghanistan. It really puts a face on the cost of the war. Here’s a link:
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/aarwebshow
Jeff