Scenes From An Iraki Childhood April 28th 2008
| His brother’s name was Ahmed Fayad.
Ahmed was one of the civilians massacred by American troops in their assault on Sadr city on the night of Sunday 27th April 2008. |
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| His brother’s name was, Waleed Jabour.
Waleed was one of the people killed during the American assault, on Sadr city on the night of April 27th 2008. The only way of describing what the Americans are doing in Sadr city at present is to say that they are conducting serial massacres of civilians. |
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Grief. Anguish. Horror. Revenge. Violence.Hatred. Loathing. All these things come to mind at the thought of loosing a sibling through violence. But,that is not the answer, and would only cause more grief.
Though being the eldest of my siblings, if any invading force came into my country, my city, my home and killed any of them, regardless of any circumstances, and knowing that I could do nothing in the name of justice as I am aware that these brothers shown above can not. I honestly have no concept of what I would feel past those base emotions, nor do I know what I would do, once the numbness left.