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November 14, 2004
And they say they're pro-life
Inside Fallujah: one family’s diary of terror
She weeps while telling the story. The abaya (tunic) she wears cannot hide the shaking of her body as waves of grief roll through her. “I cannot get the image out of my mind of her foetus being blown out of her body.”
Muna Salim’s sister, Artica, was seven months’ pregnant when two rockets from US warplanes struck her home in Fallujah on November 1. “My sister Selma and I only survived because we were staying at our neighbours’ house that night,” Muna continued, unable to reconcile her survival while eight members of her family perished during the pre-assault bombing of Fallujah that had dragged on for weeks....
“There were no fighters in our area, so I don’t know why they bombed our home,” said Muna.
from Suburban Guerilla
Posted by jnfr at November 14, 2004 12:06 PM