Rusul

Salee Allawe’s little sister Rusul was injured in the same US air strike of November of 2006 that took both of Salee’s legs. The girls' brother Akram and several other children were playing outside their homes when the missiles struck. Akram was killed, as was Salee’s best friend. Salee lost both of her legs and one of Rusul’s legs was horribly mangled.

Nora

We received the following from Nora's father:

"On October 23, 2006, at 4 p.m., during Holy Eid, U.S. snipers positioned on a rooftop in my neighborhood started firing toward my car. My daughter Nora, a five-year-old child, was hit in the head. We rushed her to Heet General Hospital but she could not be treated there because the hospital lacked supplies and qualified doctors. We were forced to take her to Ninawa hospital, which is 600 kilometers north of my town...." [More about Nora...]

Salee (Sally)

November 7, 2006 – Hasswa, Iraq:  Salee, a nine-year-old girl, was playing outside her home with her brother, cousin and some friends. US jets circled overhead. Suddenly the jets fired three missiles, apparently at passenger vehicles. One missile landed where the children were playing, scattering her brother and best friend across the ground and taking both of Salee's legs.

Salee and her father have arrived in Greenville, South Carolina, and her treatment is underway. Her surgery was a complete success, and she's being fitted with prostetics. These medical services were unavailable to her in Iraq.

Thanks to the generosity of Shriner's Hospital and the hard work of community organizers Ann Cothran, Selena Franks, and the Upstate Coalition of Compassion, Salee is at last receiving the medical care she so urgently needs. She and her father are also deeply grateful to Robert Greenwald, producer Paris Marron, Brave New Films and Brave New Foundation for their generosity and support. (Read More)

Omar

January 9th, 2006 - Omar was traveling from Mosul to Baghdad with his mother, father, and brother to celebrate Eid. Near Samarra, their passanger vehicle came under fire from US forces. Omar's mother was killed. The driver and two other passengers also died at the scene.

Omar was severely burned and needs extensive reconstructive surgery. He's receiving medical treatment in Boston, thanks to the hard work of local volunteers and the generosity of Children's Hospital. (Learn More)

Abdul Hakeem

April 9, 2004, 11:00 pm - Abdul Hakeem was asleep at home when mortar rounds fired by US forces rained down on his family's home.  The attack occurred during the First Siege of Fallujah. His mother suffered abdominal and chest injuries and has undergone five major operations. His older brother and sister were also injured in the attack, and his unborn sister was killed. (Read More)

Alaa' Khalid

May 3, 2005   Alaa' Khalid was severely injured when a tank round slammed into her family's home in Al Qaim, Iraq. It was around three in the afternoon, and the children were having a tea party. Two of Alaa's brothers were killed, as were three of her cousins, all children under ten. Fourteen women and children were killed or injured in the attack, which occurred while the men were at work. (Read More)

Asraa' Mizyad

Asraa' Mizyad was severely injured in a U.S. missile attack on the morning of January 25, 1999. She had just finished a test at the Al Najed primary school and was walking home from school with two friends and a cousin when the missile struck. Her friends and her cousin were killed; Asraa' was the most severely injured survivor of the attack. A large piece of shrapnel severed her right arm below the shoulder and she suffered chest and abdominal wounds. A metal fragment remains lodged in her skull, a souvenir of the american empire; doctors could not remove it for fear of killing her. Asraa was nine years old. (Read More)

Mostafa

We brought Umm Haider and Mostafa - an Iraqi mother and her injured son - to the US in early April 2003. The bombing was well underway and the corporate media busily celebrated US military power. The boy received medical care and his mother had the opportunity to tell her story to the American public. It is a story about the death and mutilation of children, told by someone who has lived under the American bombs. (Read More)