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'Almost Every Night We Send Them Home'

This is a picture you are not intended to see. It is of a subject the media are not allowed access to. It was taken by a civilian contract worker who worked the night shift at the U.S. military section of Kuwait International Airport, south of Kuwait City. It shows U.S. casualties from Iraq being shipped to Germany in the cargo hold of a transport. "So far this month, almost every night we send them home...it's tough, really tough."
The photographer, Tami Silicio, said she intended to show the great care with which the corpses of the fallen are treated, and the honor that is accorded them. "The way everyone salutes with such emotion and intensity and respect...the families would be proud to see their sons and daughters saluted like that."
It's not for me to tell you what to feel about this picture. You might interpret it as an anti-war photograph. You might interpret it as a paean to patriotism and noble sacrifice in the s...

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