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April 02, 2003
An Aussie Casualty

Technically, Iraqi, but he was "one of the family".

The impact of war has been felt in Victoria's Goulburn Valley, with a Shepparton man mourning the death of his nephew in Iraq.
The head of Shepparton's Iraqi community says the man's nine-year-old nephew was killed and his family injured in Nasiriyah.
Haider Al Hakim is surprised more civilians have not been killed in the conflict and is cynical about the current death toll.
Mr Al Hakim says he believes civilian deaths are part of Saddam Hussein's war plan, whereby military units are placed near civilian buildings to get civilian casualties and "put more pressure on the United States and United Kingdom".

Source : ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Posted By Alan E Brain at April 2, 2003 02:17 AM | TrackBack
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It's "cynical" to believe the Iraqi government uses the lives of the country's civilians the way it does?

Posted by: Charles Hueter at April 2, 2003 09:53 AM

No, cynical in that he believes the Ba'ath death squads, and errant bombs, have killed far more people than we're aware of.
I hope he's wrong, but don't expect he is.

Posted by: Alan E Brain at April 2, 2003 10:07 AM
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