Iraqi Girl Tells of U.S. Massacre of Civilians
A girl from Haditha describes how U soldiers killed her unarmed family members--including women and children.
A girl from Haditha describes how U.S. soldiers killed her unarmed family members–including women and children.
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Iraqi Girl tells of US Attack-
Haditha: A City Crushed under the Occupation
The American troops, accompanied by the Iraqi National Guards, are waging the most ferocious attack against our town, for three days now. They violated our blood, honor, and peaceful houses where not a single piece of weapon, fighters, or armed men were found. They killed old people, women and children; they bombed the houses with airplanes. We swear by the name of God that there was not a single piece of weapon in them. They killed Sheikh Ismael Al-Zawi, speaker of Al-Seif mosque, while he was going to pray at dawn. They forced families out of their houses, occupied them and used them as their headquarters. The INGs have stolen all the houses properties, including even children and women clothes. They closed all the roads to the town hospital, the wounded were left un attended. They killed women and children without any reason; there were no fighters among them. Please help the people of Haditha; even with a word … Our sanctities, houses, women, blood, and honor are violated by the occupation … (more)
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