Shielded by corpses, infant survives Baghdad suicide bombing

[Rose Siding]

By Hannah Allam
Knight Ridder Newspapers

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A tiny cry rose from among corpses as Iraqis soldiers dug through the wreckage of a minibus caught in the rampage of suicide bombings that shook Baghdad on Friday.

The soldiers followed the wail to two slumped passengers, one headless and the other burned beyond recognition. They gently lifted up the bodies to find 8-month-old Sajjad Hassan, bloodied but alive, spared from the blast by the bodies of his dead mother and grandmother....

...Not knowing how to identify the boy, soldiers placed him with his relatives' bodies in an ambulance bound for al Numan General Hospital.

Sajjad's head was scorched, his neck was charred and shrapnel marks speckled his soft belly. He was in too much shock to fuss at the strangers who examined him, doctors said. He would live, but there remained the problem of finding his relatives among the screaming masses in the hospital lobby....

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/11533419.htm

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1. Response of Iraqis to the US presence

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[Sparkly]

2. Oh God.

:cry:

[Shell Beau]

3. How terrible. I am glad he survived, but this is sad.

[Skip Intro]

4. Why is that infant more precious than the ones bush has killed?

You never see a headline with news about those infants.

[Teaser]

11. Because there is still hope for this one

Oh god, it hurts to read this shit.

[Frederik]

5. The horror

is beyond comprehension.

[lyonn]

6. They love Chalibi over there

you can tell, more devastating violence. Guess there are those that don't like Chalibi and others appointed to high positions. How many of our troops have died or are wounded in the last 2 days? You gotta know historians are busy daily writing this sorry state of the U.S. Hopefully the truth won't take 50 years to be told.

[WindRavenX]

7. Hey, it's not a fetus

So why should Bush give a rip? :eyes:

Most Americans don't realize we've slaughtered 100,000 + Iraqi civilians at a rate fast than Saddam.
I love irony. :cry:

[democrank]

8. This is heartbreaking.

Eight months old. A scorched head. A charred neck. Shrapnel. We`re makin` progress. Bringin` him freedom.

[Pithlet]

9. Oh, that poor baby.

It's a good thing he won't be able to remember what happened when he's older.

[Teaser]

10. Has anyone said...

Fuck George W. Bush lately?

Well, if not...

Fuck George W. Bush. Fuck him black and blue and until he's sore and sorry.

Hey *, if you're reading, you're a piece of shit, and I pray that he one day realizes the evil he's done.

Jackass. Fucktard.