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{continued 2of2}... the third girl took her bullet reluctantly but Mr. Mohammed Merah believes in an eye for an eye i wonder if Mr. Muhammad Wazir would have preferred to take his farming plowshare, beat it into a sword and bring writhing attrition to still more children. i think...i prefer to think, that Mr. Muhammad Wazir, 35, of Panjwai, Afganistan, would tell Mr. Mohammed Merah, 24, of Toulouse, France that children are innocent not just in God's eyes, but in truth, in his too, that killing only begets more killing Alas, it is too late for Merah's merit, and the sky still shines blue © Goode Guy 2012-03-21 http://www.npr.org/2012/03/20/148974952/afghan-farmer-lost-11-relatives-in-shooting-rampage http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/03/20/148976984/all-my-dreams-are-buried-under-a-pile-of-dust-now-says-grieving-afghan?ft=1&f=1001 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/03/21/149080247/sifting-through-what-we-know-about-the-french-slaying-suspect http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304636404577294632810920116.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

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Date: 3/24/2012 8:48:00 AM
Well done Goode, very well written! - oxox love Anne-Lise
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