US Troops Kidnap Six-Year-Old Girl
In a dispatch posted at 5:53pm Makkah time Thursday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US forces kidnapped a six-year-old elementary school girl, Maryam ‘Abdallah, as she came out of her school in al-Habbaniyah, 90km west of Baghdad, on Thursday. Reports from al-Habbaniyah indicated that Maryam is the daughter of Shaykh ‘Abdallah al-Mar‘awi, a Resistance commander, and the abduction was apparently with the aim of pressuring the girl’s father to surrender.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported the girls uncle as saying that US troops abducted the girl in order to pressure her father into giving himself up, after they had failed to capture or kill him.
The uncle told Mafkarat al-Islam that Maryam’s mother had a heart attack and was rushed to the al-Fallujah General Hospital in an ambulance after people brought her her daughter’s school bag and one of her daughter’s sandals following the kidnapping.
Maryam, a first grade student was abducted by US troops as she left her school. The American soldiers put her in a Humvee and killed four youths who tried to free the little girl from their clutches.
– freearabvoice.org
The US forces just keep getting lower and lower. There isn’t a day that goes by that we don’t hear of the shameful acts of the troops in Iraq.
What surprises me is that this story hasn’t been getting the proper media attention it deserves. All it got so far are mentions on TV by various new channels like CNN and such. Most of what is written about the war is the current death toll of the “heroes” which was 3,133 on the 14th of this month. Not many point out the reported Iraqi death toll is at least 56,468 or at the most 62,189. [source]
Back to the story, it is said here that after knowing of her daughter’s kidnapping, the mother was taken to the hospital due to a heart attack. God knows what is or will happen to the little girl. Rape and death is what came up in my mind first.
The killing of the four youths or teenagers who were trying to rescue her was totally shocking. They probably had just come out of school too which means they were probably unarmed.
The whole thing is just disgusting. This war was supposed to be an in-and-out operation to remove any “weapons of mass destruction” that Iraq had. None were found and the forces are still there. Leaving the country in total destruction and chaos was not an option in 2003 so that is why they are still there. They are trying to clean up their stupid mess. I won’t discuss the hidden agenda for oil but it doesn’t look like they will be leaving soon.
This war is approaching the four-year mark.
I hope the little girl comes back home to her family safe and unharmed really soon. At least the four teenagers died as martyrs and will be rewarded for their efforts inshalla.
February 17th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
are the comments like
“We don’t do body counts”
General Tommy Franks, US Central Command
supposed to be sarcastic..? on that body count site..? who made this site..?
February 17th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
yeah.. to show the harsh insensitivity of the US forces.. theres another quote on the very bottom of the page too..
“Change the channel.”
- Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt’s advice to Iraqis who see TV images of innocent civilians killed by coalition troops.
the site was created by a whole group of people.. check out their “about us” page.. journalists, freelancers, researchers etc.
February 17th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
They control the media no wonder no one knows about it. Its like Mohammad Al durra photo’s and what the israeli’s encounter of the situation. Its sad very sad to see.
Offtopic: You better see what the iraqies said about the Kuwaiti GCC red crisent, and yesterday’s paper stating that Kuwait boarder officials are letting terrorism to IRAQ. thats one of al saddir’s spokeM.
my idea of the situation in IRAQ i really dont know some of their official acts are just confusing like al malki came to kuwait wants Kuwait and GCC to drop their deb. and act like this after a week.
February 18th, 2007 at 1:33 am
Is there any other confirmation that this information is accurate? (Hard to imagine it’s legitimate, but absolutely terrible if it were true.)
February 18th, 2007 at 7:00 am
Vincent, yes it is sad.. journalism is such an important part of this but unfortunately, it cant be trusted.
i think Iraq will always be a threat to Kuwait. and i dont like it when Kuwait tries to make diplomatic relations with Iraq, they can never be trusted too.
Romer!can, yes it is.. it was mentioned on cnn.