“The only thing these sand niggers understand is force and I’m about to introduce them to it.”
Ali Hussein is three years old he is one of the children who was wounded in the same mortar attack that killed two year old Abbas Jabbar in this first photo he is seen being comforted by his mother in hospital today Sunday, May 18, 2008. Five children were killed and many more were wounded in the mortar attack on the outskirts of Sadr City.
Abbas Jabbar was two years old he was one of the children killed in the mortar attack on Mamil. Sadr City hospital officials originally gave the death toll as 4 but later upgraded the toll to 5 children killed and several wounded. In the first photo Abbas’ wrapped corpse is seen in the living room of his home. The man sitting beside his body to the left is his father Nadim, his mother and other family members are seen gathered round the corpse.
“It’s like you’re deciding to commit suicide if you want to go on top of the roof because you will be at the mercy of American snipers and aimless barrages of bullets from the militants.”
Hospitals are short on electricity and small public and private clinics have shut down altogether.
Air strikes by US forces have inflicted the most damage in the area, known as a stronghold against the US-led occupation. Yet some in the district are sharply critical of the militias who hold sway here.
Sadr City Conditions Worsen by By an IWPR-trained reporter in Baghdad (ICR No. 258, 14-May-08)
The reporter is an IWPR-trained journalist in Baghdad who asked to remain anonymous because of security concerns.
Weeks of fighting have shut off many essential services in the Shia neighbourhood.
Living conditions in Sadr City, already one of Baghdad’s most impoverished slums, have deteriorated sharply following weeks of fighting between Shia militiamen and United States-backed Iraqi troops that has killed hundreds, according to Iraqi lawmakers.
“The situation has deteriorated significantly because most of the services have been stopped,” said Aliyah Nassif Jassim, a member of parliament from the Iraqia bloc, who recently visited the district as part of a parliamentary delegation. “Many civilian homes have been destroyed as a result of the air strikes and the military operations.”
A fragile four-day ceasefire agreement between radical Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and the Iraqi government signed on May 12 has reduced but not halted fighting in the area, a Shia neighbourhood run by Sadr militiamen. The US military has maintained that Iranian fighters are supporting Sadr loyalists there. Iran has denied having a military presence in Iraq.
Salih al-Agili, an MP loyal to Sadr who lives in Sadr City, said more than 100 houses have been destroyed by the continuous skirmishing and air strikes since the outbreak of hostilities more than a month ago.
| Sattar Jumma was twelve years old. He was one of the two civilians killed in the American Airstrike which also wounded six civilians.
Sattar died of his wounds on arrival at hospital. The photo shows a paramedic closing the dead child’s eyes. |
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| Hussein Hussein was one of the six civilians wounded in the American airstrike that killed 12 year old Sattar Jumma.
The photo was taken after he and his father, Ali Hussein, shown holding his head in grief, returned from hospital. |
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| This boy was injured during the American attack on Fidhailiya May 8, 2008.
The attack started late Wednesday. Three civilians were killed and eight were wounded during the American attack. With the complete disregard for human life, especially Iraki civilian life, that the Americans have always shown, they fired several missiles from an attack helicopter at homes in the densely populated area. The photo shows the child crying outside what is left of his home. |
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قالت مصادر طبية، الخميس، إن المستشفيين الرئيسيين في مدينة الصدر شرقي العاصمة بغداد، استقبلا سبعة قتلى و(19) جريحا جراء العمليات المسلحة التي شهدتها المدينة خلال الـ (24) ساعة الماضية.
وذكر مصدر طبي من مستشفى (الإمام علي) في مدينة الصدر، طلب عدم كشف اسمه، للوكالة المستقلة للأنباء ( أصوات العراق)، اليوم الخميس، أن المستشفى “تسلم، خلال الـ (24) ساعة الماضية، أربعة قتلى و(12) جريحا.”
وأوضح أن تقارير الشرطة المرفقة مع هؤلاء القتلى والجرحى ” أفادت بأنهم سقطوا ضحية العمليات العسكرية التي شهدتها المدينة خلال الساعات الماضية.”
وأضاف مصدر طبي آخر من مستشفى (الشهيد الصدر) في المدينة أن المستشفى “استقبل جثث ثلاثة قتلى، فضلا عن سبعة جرحى” خلال الفترة نفسها.
يذكر أن كلا من مستشفيي (الصدر) و(الإمام علي) هما المستشفيان الرئيسيان في المدينة الواقعة شرقي العاصمة بغداد، وهما مسؤولتان عن تسلم جثث وجرحى الإشتباكات الدائرة في المدينة بشكل شبه يومي.
وتتعرض مدينة الصدر، وهي أهم معقل في بغداد للتيار الصدري و(جيش المهدي) التابع له، للقصف المستمر وحملات والتفتيش بحثا عن العناصر المسلحة، وذلك منذ المواجهات الدامية التي شهدتها المدينة، في الأسبوع الأخير من آذار/ مارس الماضي، بين القوات الأمنية ومجموعات من (جيش المهدي)، بعد ساعات من إنطلاق خطة (صولة الفرسان) في مدينة البصرة جنوبي البلاد.
اصوات العراق - مقتل سبعة أشخاص وإصابة 19 في مدينة الصدر خلال الـ 24 ساعة الماضية
The main hospitals in Sadr City, received seven dead and (19) wounded all are casulaties of the armed operations being carried out in the city during the past 24 hours.
Imam Ali hospital received:
Sadr hospital received:
According to the source at Imam Ali Hospital the police documentation on these deaths and injuries received by the hospital reported that,
they have fallen victim to military operations in the city during the past few hours”
