Iraq's Children In Shadow Of War

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We knew well before the invasion and shock-n-awe that the aWol** bastard** would create more terrorism and ruin literally THOUSANDS of lives by doing Iraq. We all knew it....and the saga continues.








Many children include pictures of terror mastermind Abu Musab Al Zarqawi in their pictures. (Photo: CBS)



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"We thought when Saddam left, the wars would end and the children would start drawing children's things," said headmistress Lamea Hassan.

Not so. Or not yet.

Dr. Hameed is running one of the only programs in Iraq trying to identify kids who can't cope - training their teachers to spot signs of child-sized battle fatigue.

"So many kids have bed-wetting, nightmares, panic attacks, many kinds of psychological disturbances and disorders," he said.

But there isn't enough money or manpower to treat the million or more of Iraq's children he estimates are deeply traumatized, much less the millions of children learning to live - and die - by the gun.

"So they are being trained to be killers?" asked Dozier.

"I'm sorry to say that I think yes," Hameed answered.

This, it seems, is a generation cheated out of peace -- and innocence.

Jesus, most of these kids have never had a chance to grow up with out some regime over their heads. And it has always been about overtaking someone else, with torture and violence. They have seen, smelled, and I am sure, touched things that we couldn't even imagine. What a sick thing to do to a child's mind. Saddam,, Bush, whatever. I am sure it has pickled their fragile heads. Who would raise a child to be a killing machine from day one? And let them play out such sick and twisted plots? Against anyone....American or not. I pray that we will find a way to get through to this new (and old) generation of killing. They have seen many wars. And I am ashamed to say that we sent our troops in, for so long, to be the next generation that deals out the deck of cards when it come to bloodshed. For shame.

My parents began buying me toy guns with little holsters and plastic army men with their little plastic howitzers, and machine guns when I was about 5 or 6 years old. John Wayne and Audy Murphy movies are about all I can remember watching as a kid too. Had to kill all them Injuns, Japs, Jerry's, and Commies before they got us you know. Yep.

Don

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"Never go to school, never fall in love, never get to be cool".

My god, the countless and endless misery we bestow upon this world.

We deserve all the horror that is to visit us in years to come.

these little children. I just want to hold them.

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