Angel of Mercy
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032542/site/newsweek/
Marla Ruzicka was one of a kind. The Baghdad death of the unorthodox
young aid worker has devastated those who knew her.
WEB EXCLUSIVE
By Christopher Dickey
Paris Bureau Chief, Middle East Regional Editor
Newsweek
Updated: 2:48 p.m. ET April 19, 2005
April 19 - The last e-mail Marla Ruzicka sent me was in January, when
I'd just gotten out of Iraq after a brief visit, and she was getting
ready to go in for a long one. She said she'd had a rough few months,
since the last time we'd seen each other there, and I asked her what
she meant, and how she was doing. Marla, 28, was unforgettably
energetic and excited and committed and funny, a quintessential
ultra-blonde California girl as goofy at first glance as a young Goldie
Hawn, but as genuinely committed to helping people as, well, as anybody
I ever met in my life, and more effective than most. Her cause was
support for the victims of war; her specialty was cajoling and
compelling the United States military to compensate the innocent people
it injured and the families of those that it killed. But work in Iraq
had gotten so risky that even Marla (whose e-mail address was
marlainbaghdad@yahoo.com) thought it prudent to stay away for a while.
Christopher Dickey
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/103fc803eb449822
Marla Ruzicka
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/c6da48090157cd34
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