LA Times: Iraq war takes girl's thumb, nose, mother (WARNING: GRAPHIC)

[yurbud]

This one has a relatively happy ending, but it reminds me of the kid who lost his whole family and had his arms burned off up to the elbows at the start of the war.

Feel free to put this in your Christmas cards to your righty friends since they already gave this little girl a gift of Bush.

Helping one girl face the future with hope

Disfigured by war, a young Iraqi finds medical aid and caring strangers in L.A.

By Kurt Streeter, Times Staff Writer

October 15, 2006

IT WAS shrapnel that brought her to Los Angeles. Hot and sharp, it pierced her legs, her stomach and her right hand. It mangled her face around her deep brown eyes, and it tore off her nose.

"I'm hurt," Marwa cried. "Mommy, I'm hurt in my face. I'm hurt, Mommy. My face."

A missile? Mortar? Whose? It was impossible to know. The Americans were invading Baghdad, and Marwa Naim blamed them. She would never forget the explosion. It had blown up her house, thrown her into the air and flung her on top of her mother. Marwa saw a hole the shrapnel carved into her mother's stomach.

Her mother lay still. Marwa saw blood. "Mommy, Mommy, get up….


THE REST OF THE STORY:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-marwa15oct15,0,3036497.story?coll=la-home-headlines