We have seen so much and yet we still...


An Afghani refugee kid's body is being prepared for the funeral in Pakistan .



1987. A mother in South Korea apologizes and asks for forgiveness for his son who was arrested after attending a protest. He was protesting the alleged manipulations in the general elections.



1992. A mother in Somalia holds the body of her child who died of hunger.




1982. Palestinian refugees murdered in Beirut , Lebanon .





1980. A kid in Uganda about to die of hunger, and a missionary.



1972. After South Vietnam planes accidentally drop a bomb on a town.



1966. U.S. troops in South Vietnam are dragging a dead Vietkong soldier.




February 1, 1968. South Vietnam police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan shots a young man, whom he suspects to be a Viet Kong soldier.



1965. A mom and her children try to cross the river in South Vietnam in an attempt to run away from the American bombs.


1962. A soldier shot by a sniper hangs onto a priest in his last moments.


Got this as a forwarded mail, was about to delete it along with the rest of the usual forward mails that was there in my Inbox, thinking it was like the rest. But I had a second thought, and had a peek into this. These images are really disturbing but revealing facts.

I am not taking credit for compiling this collection. I did some research on this, after posting this, found out that lot of people have written posts about these images in several discussion forums

3 comments:

  Swetha Padakandla

May 5, 2009 12:24 PM

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  Swetha Padakandla

May 5, 2009 12:25 PM

:-|

no words! its really shocking to see such things! the photo which was taken very long time back tells everything..

do we need to say anything?
:(

  Vaisakh P S

May 5, 2009 12:52 PM

Yes we do... we need to speak. we need to shout loudly. We need to make others understand the pain and suffering they are causing by these deeds. In the name of religion or caste or country