Just Another Tragic Baghdad Story

[cali]

One of many, but this one really gets to me, well, they all get to me. I know we tend to tune out the events in Iraq- as evidenced by the lack of interest such posts draw, but I thought I'd post this anyway. It's just so fucking sad. I'm sure the children of Iraq thank you for their 'freedom', georgie.

"Executed for the crime of entertaining the children
By Daniel McGrory

FOR the crime of staging a children’s show, Faud Radi and Haidar Jawad were executed by the new moral guardians of Baghdad.

The actors were part of the Happy Family Team, a troupe adored by millions of Iraqi children from its frequent appearances on television. The theatrical group and a dozen others were planning an 11-day festival to help youngsters to forget momentarily the curfews, bombings and other dangers of daily life in this city.

Armed militias, which pass for the law in many neighbourhoods these days, had other ideas and set out to sabotage the event.

Safaa Eadi, 31, a founding member of the Happy Family Team, told how the group had been threatened by gunmen, who objected to them giving drama classes to children of all faiths and ethnic backgrounds. A handwritten note had been left on the windscreen of the group’s van, the usual method that the militias employ to warn a target."

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2145492,00.html

[Oversea Visitor]

1. Yes

and what US troops doing there.
Are they to safeguard the people or just waiting to be blown up or shot.
Gee get a plan before only plan is run like dog with tail between leg

[cali]

2. Well said, OV

Only I'm afraid it's too late for "a plan".

[Oversea Visitor]

3. Got

Just pack and go

Yes then world need to go in and solve mess


See very easy.

[Oversea Visitor]

4. Serious

then you see many countries getting together to make plan how best to make suituation good again :)
I bet my last dollars that this will be so.

[Gatchaman]

5. This sounds like the kind of thing Sadaam allegedly did

all the time. Might make an interesting argument with a freeper.

[0007]

6. Perhap Saddam had the key to control in Iraq?