Riverbend: Up and Running Again!

About two weeks ago, A deacon... (Subversive Christianity) wrote a small but meaningful piece expressing his worry over Riverbend, the Iraqi blogger responsible for Baghdad Burning, one of the most important and crucial blogs in the blogosphere right now. At the time of A deacon's post, Riverbend had not posted anything new for close to two months: a fact that, while it would seem almost normal for many American blogs, poses dire questions about the well-being of a blogger living in a war zone. Well I guess now A deacon, I, and everyone hoping (and, in the case of some, praying) for any word of Riverbend can breath a sigh of relief, for she posted something new yesterday evening. And what, of all things, does she announce in this new post? She reveals that she and her family have begun preparations to leave Iraq for a safer, but as yet uncertain, location. So let us all hope (or pray, if you are religious) that she and her family find somewhere safe to escape the state of constant fear and danger they have been living in for too long. And let us also hope, and do everything in our power to make sure, that this current administration comes to its senses soon and seeks a quick end to the civil war raging in Iraq. Damn your troop surge, damn your "Iraqi liberation". Allow Riverbend and her country to live in peace.

"...I'll meet you 'round the bend my friend, where hearts can heal and souls can mend..."