sorry, forgot to send the link: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/19/iraq.children/index.html
On 3/20/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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." > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230816 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
