Tragedy of one Iraqi family shows how easy civilian lives are lost in Iraq

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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/20030724-2323-iraq-faheemastragedy.html

BAYJI, Iraq ­ In just a few seconds, an attack by U.S. forces killed Faheema Jassim Khalaf's mother and two sisters, tore apart her right leg below the knee and shattered her ankle.


Khalaf is too weak to talk for long, but what she was able to whisper as she lay on the floor of her home's living room on a recent day painted a disturbing picture of how easily lives are lost in an Iraq embroiled in conflict more than three months after U.S.-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein.


The death of civilians is common in any conflict, and Iraq has not been an exception. But the Bayji killings underline the daily perils faced by ordinary Iraqis, even since the end of major combat on May 1, as they try to rebuild their lives.

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this story seems to underline the fact that nothing the civilians do can prevent them being killed.

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They just came to the hospital and said sorry. :shrug: