US docs save burned girl, 8, victim of Afghan war

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Source: AP

US docs save burned girl, 8, victim of Afghan war

By JASON STRAZIUSO and EVAN VUCCI – 1 hour ago

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (AP) — The American military doctors watched in horror as the oxygen mask on the young Afghan girl's face started to melt.

The 8-year-old's skin was smoking from white phosphorus, a lethal chemical. Her hair was burned away. Her face, head, neck and arms were scorched yellow, pink and black.

When the doctors tried to scrape away the dead tissue, flames leapt out.

More than 15 surgeries later, Razia is scheduled to be released Wednesday from the U.S. military hospital at Bagram.

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[winyanstaz]

1. This is heartbreaking....

And can someone remind me WHY we are there and using phosphorous at all>?????

[dvdaves75]

6. why??

2,974 victims

[uppityperson]

7. edited. Good lord. US military is using white phosphorus on kids in Afghan due to 9/11 attacks?

Yup, that'll teach those little kids. Good lord.

[dvdaves75]

16. I wasnt saying that

I was saying we were in Afghanistan because of 9-11. I wasnt commenting on the use of white phosphorus.

[OnyxCollie]

9. Yeah, an eight year old girl is the Taliban's #2 man.

You're an idiot.

[uppityperson]

10. Not the word I would have used.

but probably accurate also.
Tata, to talk tomorrow, telling tall tales? Love that letter T
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[ohio2007]

12. eight year old girl is usually the #2 wife of a Taliban man

but what right do we have to condemn them for their beliefs ?





http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/magazine/09BRI.html?_r=1

[uppityperson]

14. Do you seriously hold those poor children responsible for 9/11 attacks?

Do you seriously believe those Taliban men would tell those kids what they are up to, militarily?

Condemn them indeed for their abuse of girls, but do not hold those girls responsible for 9/11 attacks.

[Arctic Dave]

19. Oh well I geuss that makes OK then, fucknuts.

[drdtroit]

15. ?????????????? n/t

[Arctic Dave]

18. If you think 9-11 is justification for anything anymore you a bigger dumbass

Then people give you credit for.

[ThirdWorldJohn]

2. yipee n/t

[Uncle Joe]

3. Lord have mercy, that was hard just reading about it.

I hope, should we master the ability to grow skin in a lab, this girl gets treatment.

[Mari333]

4. The Great Imperial Oil State of American Corporate Greed

doesnt give a whit about any of the kids in Afghanistan.

[roody]

5. NOT victim of Afghan war, victim of USA aggression

[OnyxCollie]

8. White phosphorus

Whiskey Pete.

U.S and NATO troops use white phosphorus to illuminate targets, create smoke screens and destroy old bunkers, but say they don't use it as a weapon. While white phosphorus is not banned under international law, human rights groups denounce its use in populated areas. U.S. officials allege that militants have used white phosphorus in mortars or rockets at least 12 times in the last several years.

Bullshit. Watch "Fallujah: The Hidden Massacre" and see the US military rain down WP on the town.

[ohio2007]

11. Any follow up about the acid burn victims of school students ?

I know a lot of those burn victims are left untreated, forgotten about and scared for life.

[closeupready]

13. They don't count, guys. They're brown people. Just incidental.

It's too bad, but hey, just the way it goes. :sarcasm: :mad:

[Democracyinkind]

17. 1 success, many thousands to go.

Gotta love Empire.