She might be the cutest little girl I ever saw (sob).
Readers, when I see the pictures of the little children of Iraq, not only do I see such preciousness, but the water starts flowing down my face.
I'll give the Times credit for the photo shoot today.
Please take special notice of photo number 4, please, readers.
What have we done to THEIR WORLD with our invasion and occupation, readers?
WHAT HAVE WE DONE?
".... As it has been for almost two weeks, Mr. Sadr’s stronghold of Sadr City on Tuesday remained a neighborhood encircled by a ring of American and Iraqi military steel....
The sound of heavy gunfire was punctuated every few minutes by heavy bursts of artillery fire, and there were reports that Iraqi forces pushed into central areas....
The assaults haven't stopped, despite what the MSM says!
Families fleeing the neighborhood with belongings stuffed into plastic bags streamed in one direction, while men returning from work in other areas of the capital walked in the other, returning to wives and children inside the embattled district.
As shells landed or shooting erupted, pedestrians scattered for cover. Hospital officials in Baghdad said at least 12 people, including three children, had been killed and 37 wounded in fighting, The Associated Press reported.
Rahim Ali, 40, headed south out of the district clutching the hand of his young daughter, her orange dress a startling flash of color on a drab, trash-strewn street.
“I’m leaving the neighborhood because of the shooting and the victims, and there is random gunfire,” he said, adding that he would stay away “until our God ends this crisis.”
The overwhelmingly Shiite eastern district is one of three Baghdad areas that have been encircled by troops since heavy fighting in Basra spilled over into the capital last month. Dozens of Iraqis have been killed as those clashes reignited in recent days....
“Tell the American officials that we got hurt a lot during this period, and they need to help us,” said Salah Turki, 37, adding that some of those who were killed in the fighting were “simple poor people like us.”Jassim Hatem, 55, said that for more than a week, since a curfew prevented any vehicles from entering or leaving Sadr City, he had walked eight miles every day to his job as a tea seller.
Can you imagine any fat-assed, lazy American doing that?
Walking EIGHT MILES?! He's 55!!!!!
Supplies of food in Sadr City are short; a huge fire in the neighborhood’s Jameela market, set off by a mortar or rocket strike on Monday, has worsened the situation. Mr. Hatem said he worried about feeding his children but said he could not afford to leave.
“Where would I go?” he asked. “I’ll try to stay here with my nine kids, and if I have enough bread for them I will feed them and if not, they will go to sleep without food.”
Oh, man, cut it out! I can't take it anymore, readers!
The United States military said one soldier was killed Tuesday in Baghdad by a bomb that struck his vehicle in northeast Baghdad, where American forces have been fighting the Sadrists. It also said three airstrikes had hit mortar-launching sites in the same area, killing 12 suspected fighters."
How come the Times always saves the air strikes for last?
Hoping readers won't get that far?
