Carbs, Communism and Other Things America Can't Stand: 1 - Marla Ruzicka
Carbs, Communism and Other Things America Can't Stand: 1 - Marla Ruzicka: "With sun bleached blonde hair, and a California drawl the 5'3 100lb Marla Ruzicka might have seemed less at home in the Iraqi capital then at a California beach. Her manner, on first glance, would only appear to confirm this estimation as she once asked an American commander during a press conference, if he 'needed a hug.' She often referred to Baghdad as 'Baggers,' and was nicknamed 'bubbles' by the Iraq press corps, mostly because of her themed parties and her tendency to dispense back rubs to beleagured journalists.
She celebrated her professional breakthrough by proclaiming to a friend, 'Dude...this is huge!' Marla was referring to a detailed report she had obtained that had stated that civilian casulaties in Iraq from the week of February 28th - April 5th was 29. The report proved that the Pentagon kept track of civilian casulties, something they have repeatedly denied.
Marla had dedicated the last two years of her life to an organization she had founded called CIVIC. The Campaign for Innocent Victims In Conflict. A campaign which had won an ally in the senate in Patrick Leahy (D-VT) he said of Marla, 'what she wanted to do was eminently sensible...unfortunately things that are emminently sensible sometimes get lost in the bureaucracy without a champion. She was a champion. I would follow her anywhere.' When she died, he said of her on the senate floor that, that she, 'was as close to a living saint as they come.'
It was Marla's hope that Patrick Leahy would be an ally in what would be her ultimate goal which was to establish a government office that would document the civilian casualties of American military operations. An office that would then publicly report that information and then provide compensation for the victims and their families, and then study the data in an effort to minimize future civilian casualties. Sounds tough...no?"
She celebrated her professional breakthrough by proclaiming to a friend, 'Dude...this is huge!' Marla was referring to a detailed report she had obtained that had stated that civilian casulaties in Iraq from the week of February 28th - April 5th was 29. The report proved that the Pentagon kept track of civilian casulties, something they have repeatedly denied.
Marla had dedicated the last two years of her life to an organization she had founded called CIVIC. The Campaign for Innocent Victims In Conflict. A campaign which had won an ally in the senate in Patrick Leahy (D-VT) he said of Marla, 'what she wanted to do was eminently sensible...unfortunately things that are emminently sensible sometimes get lost in the bureaucracy without a champion. She was a champion. I would follow her anywhere.' When she died, he said of her on the senate floor that, that she, 'was as close to a living saint as they come.'
It was Marla's hope that Patrick Leahy would be an ally in what would be her ultimate goal which was to establish a government office that would document the civilian casualties of American military operations. An office that would then publicly report that information and then provide compensation for the victims and their families, and then study the data in an effort to minimize future civilian casualties. Sounds tough...no?"
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