this world:One Day at War

May 19, 2004 11:22 PM

One Day of War "Across the world today, millions of people are caught up in conflict. BBC filmmakers follow 16 different characters in 16 different war zones over a 24-hour period."
posted by raaka (5 comments total)

....my god.
Could anything be sadder than Muktar?
posted by kavasa at 1:17 AM on May 20, 2004

brilliant link. imagine if all these profiled 'characters' had access to blogging technology and *gasp* mefi... might broaden and inform our community...
posted by sunexplodes at 7:15 AM on May 20, 2004

Great link. But what is up with the word "characters"? This ain't Shrek II.
posted by stonerose at 7:27 AM on May 20, 2004

Kavasa - out of curiosity I read about Muktar. It literally sounds too bad to be true and it amazes me that things like that can happen without most people in the world caring or noticing.
posted by crazy finger at 3:26 PM on May 20, 2004

In addition to that, all I can do is ask why the journalist couldn't have just taken Muktar with him. He was only 14, had never really felt love in his life, and all he wanted was to hug and hold the journalist's hand.

It kind of reminds me of a story that Wes Clark told on the campaign trail. He was down in Haiti and a man held onto his hand and wouldn't let go because he desperately believed that somehow Wes Clark could take him away from poverty and despair and to a mythic place like America. Muktar makes the story so much sadder though. Thinking about it brings me close to tears.
posted by crazy finger at 3:30 PM on May 20, 2004