Along with the tragic news from Iraq today
“[A]t least 26 people have died in a massive car bombing in Baghdad – almost all of the victims were children. The bomb went off next to a U.S. army vehicle. At the time U.S. troops were reportedly giving out sweets to Iraqi children. One witness said: ‘Children gathered around the Americans who were handing out sweets. Suddenly a suicide car bomber drove round from a side street and blew himself up’.” (DN! and WaPo)
comes this from Iraqiyun, an Iraqi humanitarian group
“128,000 Iraqis have been killed since the U.S. invasion began in March 2003 … 55 percent of those killed have been women and children aged 12 and under.” (World Peace Herald)
