scorpius odyssey

Fallujah November 8, 2005 Shadows The shadows flickered silhouettes across the room as the guests settled around with their evening meals.  One by one they crosses their feet under them as they settled on the pillows.  The shadows flickered silently.  Then someone spoke. “There are no words to describe the sufferings on Fallujans,” bemoaned the Continue reading

Baghdad International Airport October 1, 2004 Jihad His feet barely dropped on Iraqi soil when his heart started palpitating with its internal jihad.  The civilians and soldiers bustled passed Fletcher Adams as he bent over slightly to pace his heart beat.  His head swam in second thoughts:  family and friends he left behind, music that Continue reading

O’Hare International Airport, Chicago September 17, 2004 Speechless The tall, awkward, lanky silhouette of Fletcher Adams drew itself on the glass encasing the Hudson News & Gifts.  Taking his sweet time just like his 3-days of delayed flights, he slowly scanned the visible headlines without picking up the rest – U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan Continue reading

Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq November 7, 2004 Operation Al-Fajr (aka Phantom Fury) Fallujah, a city of mosques, located forty miles west of Baghdad woke up to the familiar cascading sounds of call to prayer rippling through the city as muezzins sound the adhan. Continue reading