Iraq: the human toll

very sad story of some "liberated" Iraqis. Makes you feel proud.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,992588,00.html


Daham Kassim, director of the Southeastern electricity board in Iraq before the war.

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Kassim's voice begins to crack. 'I saw my eldest daughter, Mawra, die. She was nine; I saw it with my eyes: she took the first shot, opened her eyes, and closed them again.' Gufran, his second daughter, was also killed immediately. 'But my son Mohammed, he was six and in the first year of primary school, he was still breathing. And my Zainab, she is five, was also still alive, although she had been shot in the head.'

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On the third night, that of 27 March, 'there were some Americans wounded that night, in the fighting. Maybe they needed the beds. So they told us we had to go outside. I heard the order - "put them out" - and they carried us like dogs, out into the cold, without shelter, or a blanket. It was the days of the sandstorms and freezing at night. And I heard Zainab crying: "Papa, Papa, I am cold, I am cold." Then she went silent. Completely silent.'

Kassim breaks off in anguish. His wife continues the story of the night. 'What could we do? She kept saying she was cold. My arms were broken, I could not lift or hold her. If they had given us even a blanket, we might have put it over her. We had to sit there, and listen to her die.'

i can't even think why we would do such a thing to another human being , is one life worth more then another , no is my anwser

This man is an educated professional and we treated him and his family with less compassion than we would treat an animal.

I couldn't even finish reading it, it is so awful but thank you for posting it. We need to see what was and is happening there.

If soldiers killed most of my family with no provocation, then after treating me, dumped me and the remainder of my family out in the cold.

I wouldn't be out picking flowers to throw at the "liberators".