Susan Galleymore the mother of a U.S. soldier made international headlines by taking the dangerous step of traveling to Iraq to visit her son stationed on a military base in the so-called Sunni Triangle, north of Baghdad.
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What she found in Iraq challenged her to continue her journey interviewing mothers in war zones including Iraq, Israel and the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Afghanistan and the US. These powerful first-person stories offer dramatic insight into the impact of war on mothers, families, communities, and cultures around-the-world. Her book is Long Time Passing - Mothers Speak about War and Terror. Website www.mothersspeakaboutwarandterror.org