Sunday, February 1, 2009
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Images of the Death Cult: Pictures of the Dead Big Sellers in Gaza - '...The shop prints customized, full-color posters and banners commemorating the dead -- a Palestinian tradition for people killed by Israel. In the wake of Israel's 22-day Gaza offensive -- which killed nearly 1,300 Palestinians -- the shop is one of Gaza's few businesses experiencing a postwar boom. A steady stream of customers flowed through the shop's simple walk-up office on a recent afternoon, all of them men, most of them bearded, some wearing military-style pants and jackets. A few admitted affiliation with Gaza's armed groups, and the vast majority of their orders commemorated fallen fighters...'
