Thursday, July 21, 2005
Iraqi RhetIraq: Victims of al-Khalij Neighborhood Terrorist Bombing
Who: Iraqi Victims of al-Khalij Neighborhood Terrorist Bombing
Source: The Washington Post
Quotes: Note: Hamza was an 11 year-old Iraqi boy. Khuzai is his father. Wid Hussein is a teenage neighbor of Hamza's and also lost a brother, Mustafa, to the bombing. The bombing occurred as Iraqi children were being given treats from American soldiers.
"We all heard a big boom, and the metal came flying," Khuzai said Monday. "I ran inside the house, saying, 'Where's Hamza?' "
"What happened in England drew condemnation from all the presidents and kings of the world. But when all our children here are gone, not even an Arab leader says a word," Khuzai lamented Monday.
Iraqi children "always surround them, laugh, imitate the way they walk, go like this with them," Khuzai remembered, giving a thumbs-up as he and his family and other mourners gathered in the front room. "Why?" Khuzai said. "They are using the children as shields."
"It wasn't the fault of the Americans," Hamza's father said later, relenting.
"It's their responsibility," said Wid Hussein. "The Americans brought all this tragedy to us."
"Don't say that -- it's not the Americans who are killing. It's the terrorists," Hamza's father answered.
"It's their responsibility," she shot back. "Why did they come here?"
Source: The Washington Post
Quotes: Note: Hamza was an 11 year-old Iraqi boy. Khuzai is his father. Wid Hussein is a teenage neighbor of Hamza's and also lost a brother, Mustafa, to the bombing. The bombing occurred as Iraqi children were being given treats from American soldiers.
"We all heard a big boom, and the metal came flying," Khuzai said Monday. "I ran inside the house, saying, 'Where's Hamza?' "
"What happened in England drew condemnation from all the presidents and kings of the world. But when all our children here are gone, not even an Arab leader says a word," Khuzai lamented Monday.
Iraqi children "always surround them, laugh, imitate the way they walk, go like this with them," Khuzai remembered, giving a thumbs-up as he and his family and other mourners gathered in the front room. "Why?" Khuzai said. "They are using the children as shields."
"It wasn't the fault of the Americans," Hamza's father said later, relenting.
"It's their responsibility," said Wid Hussein. "The Americans brought all this tragedy to us."
"Don't say that -- it's not the Americans who are killing. It's the terrorists," Hamza's father answered.
"It's their responsibility," she shot back. "Why did they come here?"
