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Week ending Oct. 31, 2009 the US Department of Defense released the names of 27 military personnel who Died, while serving in the United States armed forces. Welcome viewers. These weekly episodes pay tribute to brave men and women who served our country with honor. This video and your respectful comments are memorial tributes to our fallen soldiers. Please visit USFallen.org website for previous episodes, military funerals and homecomings. On Wednesday,18 Americans came home. President Obama was at Dover Air Force Base, Del. the first time a president has been present when remains of fallen military arrived. The president s presence was significant. He will soon decide how to continue pursuing the war in Afghanistan. Welcoming home the 18 dead Americans and meeting with family members when their grief and loss was still raw will surely weigh on his decision. Obama acknowledged as such after the Dover ceremony: The burden that both our troops and our families bear in any wartime situation is going to bear on how I see these conflicts. The president was photographed participating in the arrival of the casket of one Fort Lewis soldier, Sgt. Dale Griffin, whose family had given permission for media coverage of his return. Because of the welcome change in military policy, which allows families to decide on coverage at Dover, more Americans are able to witness at least from a distance the price paid by soldiers and their loved ones. This has been the worst month for U.S. fatalities in Afghanistan since the United States invaded the country in October 2001. As long as U.S. troops are on the ground in such dangerous places as Afghanistan and Iraq, the grim ceremony at Dover will be repeated again and again. Fallen Description: Maj. David L. Audo, 35, of Saint Joseph, IL., Pfc. Brian R. Bates, Jr., 20, of Gretna, LA., Staff Sgt. Keith R. Bishop, 28, of Medford, N.Y., Spc. Robert K. Charlton, 22, of Malden, MO., Sgt. Fernando Delarosa, 24, of Alamo, TX.. Cpl. Gregory M.W. Fleury, 23, of Anchorage, AK. Spc. Joseph L. Gallegos, 39, of Questa, N.M., Staff Sgt. Luis M. Gonzalez, 27, of South Ozone Park, N.Y. Sgt. Dale R. Griffin, 29, of Terre Haute, IN., Pfc. Kimble A. Han, 30, of Lehi, UT., Sgt. Josue E. Hernandez Chavez, 23, of Reno, NV., Sgt. Issac B. Jackson, 27, of Plattsburg, MO., Capt. Eric A. Jones, 29, of Westchester, N.Y., Spc. Eric N. Lembke, 25, of Tampa, FL. CWO Niall Lyons, 40, of Spokane, WA., Staff Sgt. Shawn H. McNabb, 24, of Terrell, TX.. Sgt. 1st Class David E. Metzger, 32, of San Diego, CA., Pfc. Devin J. Michel, 19, of Stockton, IL. , Capt. David "Seth" Mitchell, 30, of Loveland, OH., CWO Michael P. Montgomery, 36, of Savannah, GA., Sgt. Nikolas A. Mueller, 26, of Little Chute, WI. Spc. Jared D. Stanker, 22, of Evergreen Park, IL., Lance Cpl. Cody R. Stanley, 21, of Rosanky, TX., Spc. Brandon K. Steffey, 23, of Sault Sainte Marie, MI., Capt. Kyle R. Van De Giesen, 29, of N. Attleboro, MA., Pfc. Christopher I. Walz, 25, of Vancouver, WA., Sgt. Patrick O. Williamson, 24, of Broussard, LA., Sgt. Eduviges G. Wolf, 24, of Hawthorne, CA., Music: Time to Say Goodbye Texas Tenors Mansions of the Lord Sgt. MacKenzie TAPS Photos/Resources afghanistan.pigstye.net defenselink.mil kvue.com thesunchronicle.com thonline.com militarycity.com USFallen.org Video Production Jerry CastILo Producer

http://iraqimaqam.blogspot.com Iraqi Maqam المقام العراقي Yusuf Omar and al-Chalghi al-Baghdadi Maqam Bayat This principal maqam is based on the bayat mode which is found in songs from the south of the country and in bedouin, Kurdish and Turcoman singing. Of the seven fundamental maqamat, the Bayat is the one which has the greatest number of derived maqamat. Of stunning beauty, it is sung without rhythmic accompaniment on a poem in qasida form. * The first part begins with a rhythmic instrumental introduction followed by a non-rhythmic introduction in bayat mode on the santur and djoze (1:45). - Tahrir in bayat mode sung to the words eleday day yademen . (2:13) - Instrumental piece on the santur to the tahrir melody. (2:38) - Three verses of the qasida in bayat mode. (3:00) - Taqsim (instrumental improvisation) on the djoze and santur. (5:46) - Part of a verse in bayat mode followed by a Kurdish vocal piece Lauk (in tchahargah mode) to oyé vocal effects. (6:25) - Taqsim on the santur and djoze. (7:15) - A verse in bayat followed by a fragment in saba mode. (7:42) - Jalsa concluding the first part in descending from G to D. (8:10) The second part includes two meyana. - First meyana sung to eleley vocal effects. (8:30) - A sung piece in 'ajam mode. (8:40) - Lauk in nahawand mode. (9:02) - Second meyana to the words jahanem, deleddjan (9:20) - Taqsim on the santur and djoze. (9:42) - A vocal piece ''Ajam returning to bayat mode. (9:50) - A verse in bayat. (continued in part 2) - Teslim to the Persian words yademen, deledjan, djahanem, faryademen . (part 2) - Peste. (part 2) The qasida is by an anonymous author: How much longer must this broken heart wait? How much longer to fight back the tears in those eyes? How much longer to weep at being separated from those close to me With neither rest nor respite. I hold myself back, then I rush towards them, And I no longer have the strength to pull the string of patience. They laid down as suns have set, Full moon scarcely perceived in the shadows of palanquins. Waiting, I look at the stars of the night and watch over their dreams, But will dreams visit the one who no longer sleeps? - Peste (in second video) * Commentary by Scheherazade Qassim Hassan Vocals: Yusuf Omar (d. 1987) Santur: Abdallah Ali Joza: Shaoubi Ibrahim al-A'dhami (d. 1991) Joza: Hassan Ali al-Naqib (d. 1986) Tabla: Abdul Razzaq Majid Raqq: Kan'an Mohammed Salih Daff zinjari: Dhia' Mahmoud Ahmed Choir: Ali al-Dabbou, Abdul Wahid Zaidan, Falih Jawhar, Abdul Qadir