Today is the sad anniversary of Marla Ruzicka's tragic death in Bagdad. Marla was a young woman from California, who was working to get aid to Iraqi civilians harmed by U.S. military operations.
Sarah Holewinsky, the executive director of Marla's NGO Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict writes in the
Washington Post about her achievements, like the War Victims Fund the U.S. Congress created after Marla's lobbying. She is concerned that the "U.S. search for an exit strategy may encourage tactics that put civilians at greater risk."
To keep her memory alive, I posted an excerpt in the Atlantic Review: Marla Ruzicka: Civilian Victims of War.
Our related post on Marla's successful work: Marla Ruzicka, civilian victims and reconciliation.
Cross-posted at European Tribune.