[casi] Collateral damage??

[Hassan Zeini <hasseini@DELETETHISyahoo.com>]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/memorial/0,13313,952862,00.html

Iraq: a memorial

Untold stories of those who died during the war on
Iraq We will probably never know how many people died
in the Iraq war, let alone much about them. Guardian
journalists have spoken to relatives of the deceased
of all nationalities, and here we tell their life
stories.

Iraqi civilians

Abu Hassan, 48
Abu worked in a restaurant at the Nasser restaurant on
Abu Taleb Street in Baghdad. He was making lunch for
customers with Malek Hammoud when a missile hit the
westbound carriageway. Both men were killed.

Ali Hamdani, 20, Hussein Hamdani, 18, Mohamed Hamdani,
9
The three Hamdani brothers were killed in an explosion
in a market in the Shu'ala area of Baghdad on March
30.

Ali Nasaf, 6
Ali Nasaf, was killed in a missile attack on the Bab
al Muadan telephone exchange in Baghdad on March 31.
His mother, Lamia, 31, told the Daily Mail: "Even the
doctors and nurses cried when he died. They remember
him as the boy who played football in the streets and
always laughed."

Ali, 20, Hussein, 18 and Mohammad Abed, 11
Three sons of Sumaya Abed were killed by shrapnel in
their home in al-Shula, a Shia neighbourhood in
Baghdad, on March 29. Sumaya was pregnant with the
11-year-old during the 1991 Gulf war.

Karar Khodier, 11
The son of Arouba Khodier, Karar died outside his
house in al-Shula, a Shia neighbourhood in Baghdad, on
March 29.

Malek Hammoud, 18
Malek worked in a restaurant at the Nasser restaurant
on Abu Taleb Street in Baghdad He was preparing lunch
for customers when a missile landed, and destoyed the
front of the cafe, killing him and Abu Hassan, 48.

Mohammad Ahmed, 4
Mohammad Ahmed was killed by shrapnel in Radwaniyeh,
Baghdad, on April 2 in a missile attack. His three
sisters, including Aisha, 8, brother, mother and
father were all injured.

Mohammed, 13, Mohaned, 18, and Akmed Abdul Hussein, 7
The three boys died on March 31 in a missile or bomb
attack in Al Amiin in the south of Baghdad, a modest
residential area, heavily populated by families and
children. One of the boys was killed as he was walking
to his uncle's home on the street in front of one of
the houses. Another was outside his home and the third
was in a patio area.

Shaza Shallum, 20
The daughter of Hasna Shallum, Shaza was hit by
shrapnel while walking with her baby and two relatives
on March 29 in al-Shula, a Shia Muslim neighbourhood
in Baghdad. Fatma, 6 months old, was found alive in
her mother's arms.

Abdul Majid al-Khoei, 40
Wise and moderate Shia cleric murdered before he could
contribute to the rebuilding of Iraq.

Saman Hassan Hamid, 26
Saman, who was killed on April 6, was on his way to
see his grandmother when Iraqi soldiers started
bombarding the frontline town of Kifri.

Rowand Mohammed Suleiman, 8 months
On April 11, Mohammed Suleiman, a 47-year-old engineer
from Baghdad, lost his eight-month-old daughter Rowand
after his son Seif brought home a device that he
believes was an American cluster bomb.

Mofaq Hamid, 46
Mofaq's family were only able to find him because of a
scratch on the side of his burnt-out car, hit by a
missile at Jarl al-Sakhar, near Hillah, south of
Baghdad.

Samar Hussein, 13
Samar, who died on March 29, lived in the village of
Manaria in Iraq's Mohammedia district, a lowland area
about 30 miles south of Baghdad.

Wael Sabah, Noor Sabah, 12, Abdel Khader, 10
Wael lived in Baladiyat, an eastern suburb of Baghdad,
with her daughter Noor and son Abdel. On April 9 a
missile from a low-flying fighter plane hit their
home, killing Noor and Abdel instantly.

Nadia Khalaf, 33
Nadia Khalaf, who died on April 5, was one of two
sisters from a working-class family who had become
academics. Nadia had recently completed a PhD in
psychology and was looking for a job.

Fatehah Abdullah, 8
Fatehah was part of an extended family of farmers
based around her uncle's home near Diala Bridge, a
suburb of Baghdad.

Abas Khalid Hussein, 2
Abas, who died of gunshot wounds on April 7, was born
in 2001 to a Shia family in their busy, child-filled
home in the Baghdad district of Bayaa.

Wadhar Handi, 34, and Bashi Handi, 28
The Handi brothers ran a tannery in Saidya, south
Baghdad, along with their older brother Ali. Bashi was
single, and Wadhar was married in January this year.

Mahmoud Nasib Said, 50
Mahmoud, who died of gunshot wounds and burns on April
10, was born in 1953, in Adhmiya, Baghdad. His father
Nasib was the chief of police in Baghdad, but when he
died in 1963 the family's fortunes took a sharp turn
for the worse.

Mohammed al-Awrawi, 35
Mohammed stayed on in Baghdad after his family and
relatives fled the city for the countryside. He left
to join them on the day of the first US incursion, on
April 5. His family said he was travelling alone and
unarmed. He was approaching a bridge over the Tigris
at about 3pm when a US tank opened fire.

Marwa, 11, Tabarek, 8, and Safia Abbas, 5
Marwa, Tabarek and Safia, who were confirmed dead on
April 13, lived in the Baghdad suburb of Awa, a
working-class area inhabited mainly by poor Shias.

Karaih Hamoodi, 70
Karaih, who died on April 5 from a missile that landed
on her home, was the matriarch of the Hamoodis'
extended family, a respected clan of professionals
from Basra.

Wissam Hamoodi, 41
Wissam, the youngest of Karaih and Abid Hamoodi's six
sons, was his mother's favourite. He still lived at
the family home at the time of his death on April 5,
but was preparing for his marriage to Maiada, a doctor
he had met through friends.

Ihab Hamoodi, 32
Ihab, who died alongside nine members of her family on
April 5, qualified in January as a consultant
gynaecologist. A lifelong resident of Basra, she
worked at Basra teaching hospital.

Zainab Hamoodi, 18
Zainab, who died on April 5 alongside her sister Zina
and two of her three brothers, was the eldest daughter
of Akram Abid Hassan Hamoodi, a consultant senior
surgeon and director at Basra teaching hospital, and
Sally Hamoodi, a housewife.

Zain Al-Abideen Hamoodi, 17
Zain, who died on April 5, was the eldest son of Akram
and Sally Hamoodi, and he felt that he had to live up
to the standards set by his father.

Moustafa Akram Hamoodi, 13
Moustafa, who died on April 5 alongside his brother
Zain and his sisters Ihab and Zina, was known as the
second genius of the family, the first being Zain.

Hassan Ayad Hamoodi, 9
Hassan, who died on April 5, was the second son of
Ayaad Abid Hassan, an oil engineer, and his wife
Fatamah. His nickname was the Small Controller.

Zina Akram Hamoodi, 12
Zina, who died on April 5 alongside her brothers Zain
and Moustafa and her sister Ihab, was the beauty of
the family.

Noor Al-Huda Saad, 4 months
Noor was the only child of her mother Ihab, who also
died in the missile attack on the Hamoodi's family
home on April 5.

Amaar Al-Huda Saad, 3
The second youngest of the Hamoodis' many
grandchildren, Amaar was the most spoilt and most
charming of all the children who spent their time in
the huge, airy family house in Basra.



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