$300 Billions Can Not Save a Child

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$300 Billions Can Not Save a Child

Yesterday, I wrote that $15 can save the life of a child in Bolivia.

Prices have increased greatly.

Since April 2004 the US has been a destabilizing force in Iraq. The resulting chaos has reduced the Iraqi people to hopeless despair.

Let the children tell you a little about what it means to suffer.

Chickitita fears the Iraqi commandos when they broke into her house and kidnapped her step father. Baghdadis fear these commandos as most of them were either members of the Badr Troops or are loyal to Sadr and his militias.

To me the night the Iraqi commandos raided my house was the most horrific of the lot. The way they stormed into my room caused me a lifelong phobia of anyone in khaki, camouflage or any type of military uniform and any machinegun that looks exactly like the ones they pointed at my family and me. The sight of them makes my heart pound so fast, my tummy hurt, my whole body shake and my mouth parch.

The sound of mum's pleas to those horrible thugs to leave step dad alone and have mercy on him is still echoing in my ears. And the way he was dragged to their vehicles bound and scared with eyes downcast trying to assure us all that he will be back soon is still haunting me.

After 12 hours of detention and humiliation, step dad was back home baffled, tired and unable to say a word, and to this day he has no idea why he was taken in the first place.

NABIL – NABIL’S BLOG

Here, Nabil describes how he felt when a mortar fell in front of his house’s main gate…

I was in my room...around 7 pm...chatting on the internet with my friends...then I heard a huge sound of bombing...and huge amount of dust came into my room.... I was shocked... I stopped thinking for minutes...I didn't know what to do...then heard the voice of my mum from down stairs...screaming..Nabil, Nabil...are you okay?!.... I ran downstairs to check if my mom and dad are okay...and thanks to god they were okay.

Then we started to try to understand what happened...meanwhile we heard voices in the street...saying that a mortar missile fell on a shop in front of my house.... the owner of the shop is one of my friends... and his house is just behind the shop...so I ran out to check if they were okay... I crossed the street...it was too dark...no electricity as usual...saw few men with torch lights looking at the shop and trying to find what happened...then a guy who was passing the street....stood in front of my house and shouted to us...that he found a hole in the street... we ran to his spot...and found what you see in these pictures...
We found that it was a mortar missile which fell on the side-walk as you see....

Its not safe for us...even being locked up in our homes...WHAT A MESS !!!!!