http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/4860625/Barack-Obama-to-pull-US-troops-out-of-Iraq-by-2010.html
Obama wants the US troops pulled from Iraq by the end of August 2010. Even though the progress is very slow, Iraq has gained a lot more freedom and indipendance since after the war in 2003. Obama would like to end the unpopular Iraq war within the first 16 months that he'll be 'ruling'. However, at least 35,000 of his troops will STAY in Iraq after the majority of the troops are withdrawn, so that Obama's party won't be pushed back away from Iraq. More then 4,250 US military member have died since the war started in March 2003.
Freitag, 27. Februar 2009
Sonntag, 8. Februar 2009
Pride of Bagdhad Plot Summary
The Pride of Baghdad is set during the American Iraq war in 2003. The book takes place in the Baghdad Zoo, and then around the city of Baghdad.
"The sky is falling, the sky is falling!" Those are the two lines of the book. It is a black crow speaking, and the male lion Zil thinks that this idea sounds ridiculous, but is soon contradicted when he sees the army jets flying above them. Ali, the cub is soon proved to be a curious little child, and accidentally gives away his mother Noor's little secret. The next scene is when Noor is talking to an antelope, and she is trying to persuade them to team up for their liberation. The antelopes however, do not trust the lions, because they say it's in their nature to kill -she compares them to the story about the scorpion and the frog.
The same day, the Keepers run away from the Zoo, right before a bomb hits the lion's den, and gives them a chance to escape. Safa, the oldest and wisest lion, decides that she would rather die in the Zoo, then to be killed. Before they manage to leave the Zoo however, Ali is taken by the monkeys, who are planning on hurting him. This causes Safa to jump to the rescue, seeing as she was the one with the most experience. Suddenly, while they are exiting from the zoo, the antelope that Noor had been conversing with before appears. Being lions, Zil and Safa are wanting to tear her down and eat her, but because she had promised, Noor lets her escape; "Let her tell them that lions keep their word. Let them all know that the antelopes could have been free ages ago if the had just been brave enough to trust me."
The first whole paged picture in the book is two hands holding a two swords, crossing in the middle. The lions are portrayed walking underneath it, giving the image a feeling on freedom. While Noor and Zil are away, Safa and Ali talk to a turtle that they met while drinking, and he tells them about the pain that the Keepers had put him through. Losing his wife, kids, and every friend that he had met. Safa and Ali had a hard time believe this however, seeing as the Keepers had been nothing but nice to them all the years they lived at the Zoo.
After leaving the forest because of the Iroquoian soldiers coming through with their tanks, they walk through the town, that has been emptied by the war. After Safa and Zil argue about eating a keeper, Noor calls them over to show them the herd of white horses. While chasing the horses, the lions end up in a palace. The first thing they see, is a huge painting of a lion with wings. The image looks so powerful and majestic, that even Safa is overtaken by fear. While walking through the palace, Safa and Noor hear a voice, and after following it, the find a rotting, almost dead lion chained to the walls of the palace. Right after his death, Noor and Safa have a discussion about who he was killed by. While arguing, Fajar, the big black bear that was held in the palace as well, insults them to such point that they decide to fight him. Unfortunately, Safa and Noor are both far too weak to fight him, and they both fall to the floor defeated. This is when Zil shows up, and fights Fajar himself. They fall out of the palace together, Ali roars at the horses and scares them so the run towards Fajar, and trample him to death.
Safa and Noor reappear from the palace, Safa now completely blind thanks to Fajar. Ali spots what he calls 'fireflies' and the lions follow him to the top of the uneven hill, where the horizon has finally appeared. "Was it worth it?" Noor's question was never answered, because a minute later, the four lions were killed by the American Soldiers.
The last image of the book is a statue of a lion fighting a Keeper; and the black crow is resting on top.
"The sky is falling, the sky is falling!" Those are the two lines of the book. It is a black crow speaking, and the male lion Zil thinks that this idea sounds ridiculous, but is soon contradicted when he sees the army jets flying above them. Ali, the cub is soon proved to be a curious little child, and accidentally gives away his mother Noor's little secret. The next scene is when Noor is talking to an antelope, and she is trying to persuade them to team up for their liberation. The antelopes however, do not trust the lions, because they say it's in their nature to kill -she compares them to the story about the scorpion and the frog.
The same day, the Keepers run away from the Zoo, right before a bomb hits the lion's den, and gives them a chance to escape. Safa, the oldest and wisest lion, decides that she would rather die in the Zoo, then to be killed. Before they manage to leave the Zoo however, Ali is taken by the monkeys, who are planning on hurting him. This causes Safa to jump to the rescue, seeing as she was the one with the most experience. Suddenly, while they are exiting from the zoo, the antelope that Noor had been conversing with before appears. Being lions, Zil and Safa are wanting to tear her down and eat her, but because she had promised, Noor lets her escape; "Let her tell them that lions keep their word. Let them all know that the antelopes could have been free ages ago if the had just been brave enough to trust me."
The first whole paged picture in the book is two hands holding a two swords, crossing in the middle. The lions are portrayed walking underneath it, giving the image a feeling on freedom. While Noor and Zil are away, Safa and Ali talk to a turtle that they met while drinking, and he tells them about the pain that the Keepers had put him through. Losing his wife, kids, and every friend that he had met. Safa and Ali had a hard time believe this however, seeing as the Keepers had been nothing but nice to them all the years they lived at the Zoo.
After leaving the forest because of the Iroquoian soldiers coming through with their tanks, they walk through the town, that has been emptied by the war. After Safa and Zil argue about eating a keeper, Noor calls them over to show them the herd of white horses. While chasing the horses, the lions end up in a palace. The first thing they see, is a huge painting of a lion with wings. The image looks so powerful and majestic, that even Safa is overtaken by fear. While walking through the palace, Safa and Noor hear a voice, and after following it, the find a rotting, almost dead lion chained to the walls of the palace. Right after his death, Noor and Safa have a discussion about who he was killed by. While arguing, Fajar, the big black bear that was held in the palace as well, insults them to such point that they decide to fight him. Unfortunately, Safa and Noor are both far too weak to fight him, and they both fall to the floor defeated. This is when Zil shows up, and fights Fajar himself. They fall out of the palace together, Ali roars at the horses and scares them so the run towards Fajar, and trample him to death.
Safa and Noor reappear from the palace, Safa now completely blind thanks to Fajar. Ali spots what he calls 'fireflies' and the lions follow him to the top of the uneven hill, where the horizon has finally appeared. "Was it worth it?" Noor's question was never answered, because a minute later, the four lions were killed by the American Soldiers.
The last image of the book is a statue of a lion fighting a Keeper; and the black crow is resting on top.
Mittwoch, 4. Februar 2009
Picture Analyzation pg.2
I like this picture best because it shows the expression's on the lion's face. It shows the "shock and awe" of the beginning of the war, and pretty much sums up the rest of the book. It is the start of the story, the beginning of the war. The image's colors represent the warmth and heat of Baghdad, and the way the plane suddenly seem to appear from the sky portrays the war.
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