Who killed his father and his uncle (Americans? Sunnis?) And were his father and uncle insurgents who were trying to kill American or Iraqi soldiers? Were they participating in the sectarian violence (ie trying to kill Sunnis)?
This child is a victim, there's no doubt about that....but a victim of WHO isn't clear from the portion you reprinted here. On 3/20/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mustafa Karim, a fourth-grader, now lives with family members in a > squalid camp in eastern Baghdad where displaced Shias go after fleeing > their homes, often after relatives have been killed. > > The young boy's eyes fill with tears when he recalls the circumstances > that led to his exile. > > "They killed my father and uncle in front of my eyes," he says. > > He then breaks down sobbing. He can no longer speak. The anguish is > unbearable. > > Such stories are not uncommon in Iraq four years after the U.S.-led > invasion. Health officials say the daily hardships -- bomb blasts, > gunfire, killings of family members and sectarian violence -- are > taking an increasing toll on Iraq's children. > > Hundreds of thousands of children no longer attend school. Others have > been forced from their homes to camps, while others have fled the > nation with family. (Audio slide show: 'All they've ever known is > conflict') > > ** Why don't they want to write about the fact that we built them a > school! All the liberal media wants to do is harp on the fact that > they can't/don't attend it. Sheesh! ** > > > -- > "I walk the shore in isolation, > While at my feet eternity, > Draws ever sweeter plans for me." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230805 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
