'Living on memories of my family'

It is six months since 10 members of the large family of Abid Hassan Hamoodi were killed when coalition aircraft mistakenly bombed his Basra home. The 72-year-old tells BBC News Online how he is coping.

I will never forget my family for a second. We were all living here in my house and now I am left by myself. Alone.

They are of my blood. My wife, my daughter, who was a doctor, my son, a computer engineer and my grandchildren. They have all gone.

I am now living on my memories. But I will never forget them. How could I do that?

There is sadness and sorrow throughout our days and nights, for something which shouldn't have happened.

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