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No Title 22 Jun 2010 | 08:45 am
Thanks for all the kind words. I'd like to shut the blog with this... Come home safe Lads... CSR
The Last Post 22 Jun 2010 | 05:05 am
An irony in the title that isn't lost on me. I won't be blogging or Tweeting as CSR anymore... I'll continue writing - I've got a book inside my head I think some folk might like to read. I need to ...
Back Home 18 Jun 2010 | 07:19 am
The killing stopped 10 years ago. I am stood in a shabby office, a kid in a suit speaks with me. 'You've filled the forms out wrong mate' He is maybe 19 - I see yellow and brown suits, flashes in the ...
Me and the Boy 17 Jun 2010 | 09:10 pm
Anyone who's read this blog will know I've been to war. I carried a rifle for my Country - I took part in a brutality I struggle to articulate. I watched mates get hurt. A friend of mine paid for the ...
Ceasefire 17 Jun 2010 | 07:16 pm
The guns have stopped firing - the dead lie still and desert dogs gorge themselves. We climb into destroyed enemy tanks - looting souvenirs of war. Enemy Fox-holes are cleaned out and photographs capt...
Come into my Web 16 Jun 2010 | 09:09 pm
My friend grins at me as he pokes his rifle into my chest. 'Squeeze one out?' He asks. I nod in reply - it's become a tradition. Shitting alone is boring. We walk to the wooden boxes with holes cut o...
Blood on a Sunday 16 Jun 2010 | 07:04 am
Just to keep things in perspective... In 1971 Sergeant Michael Willetts of 3 PARA cleared a room in Springfield Road RUC Police Station of civilians because a bomb with a short burning fuse had been ...
Contact 15 Jun 2010 | 08:57 pm
The war has been raging forever. I need to sleep. My eyes are bloodshot discs that have seen more than they should. I struggle to stay awake as I sit in the Commanders Cupola - my head lolls about, ja...
Romero's Extras 15 Jun 2010 | 04:37 am
I suspect that when the Victorians built their lunatic asylums, they did so in the hope that those outside of them would look inward with fear and loathing. And that those inside of them would also lo...
Normality 14 Jun 2010 | 11:13 pm
The day is normal. Helicopters come and go, dropping off letters and ammo. Vehicles are maintained and weapons cleaned. Sentry Duty is performed. It is my turn. I stand in the hole looking toward the...
