Yesterday's Incident
So yesterday's bombing here in Erbil has been trodden into the road of daily life here. Minutes after it occurred, I heard the sounds of construction tools and traffic and so on, the incident largely dismissed for what it was, which is an anomaly. Fortunately we have had only 5 such incidents since 2003. London has had 4, Madrid had 4, and we are the ones who are still part of Iraq!
I was heartened to hear that someone observed groups of people heading off in a common direction after the incident, and when questioned, it turns out they were going to give blood.
It is this common union of purpose that has kept this region safe, and will continue to do so. The only worries were among a family whose daughter didn't phone right away afterwards, and another young lady who was rattled (literally) by her proximity. Everyone else was cool. So stay cool.
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Thank you for your comment on my blog. That is right that the paved road is on the opposite road.
Because i was not in Hewler and has not had time to visit the area more than that time, i can not tell so much more about it.
However i have pictures from inside of the building. But i need a special memory card adapter to put the pics in my computer an d to the blog.
Thank you again for your blog. It is interesting with a blog from Kurdistan as most of bloggers are strange enough from outside of Kurdistan. I also appreciate your efforts on your blog.
I am also aware of the big participation of people wantning to give blood and the huge mass of people that immediately went to the hospitals and other places to provide help within their proffesion.
It is not without any efforts that Kurdistan and the kurdish people has succeeded in getting to the point of today.
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