The chickenhawks deliver

[TastesLikeChicken]

http://www.centcom.mil/CentcomNews/Stories/10_04/21.htm

AL THAWRA DISTRICT, Baghdad, Iraq -- Although they usually patrol a southern portion of Baghdad's slum commonly called Sadr City searching for insurgent activity of the Muqtada militia, on Oct. 6 they did something entirely different: they handed out chickens...

 

[cwjerome]

Sir, Americans are evil and no good can come from this illegal action in Iraq. Please do not confuse the sheep -I mean people- around here.

 

[maddogchen]

US soldiers should not hand out chickens to kids. It will only incite the militants to car bomb them, killing many innocent children. And again it will be the US's fault. That is all. :evil:

 

[CanOWorms]

frozen chickens... why didn't they prepare them? hmmmm... i wonder why...

 

[Steeplerot]

http://www.derfcity.com/o/update2.html

 

[Klixxer]

You have to love how the US soldiers gave the kids candy around the new water facility though, it was almost certain it would be stuck so the US army got kids in there to at least get something against the insurgents.

Pathetic if you ask me, anyone with a brain knew that something like that would happen and still, they wanted kids to be there.

 

[GrGr]

'The Americans cannot provide security we need'
By Kim Sengupta in Baghdad

13 October 2004
The Independent

The children lie on their hospital beds. A few cry, others just stare ahead. Their parents huddle around, trying to provide comfort.

These are not victims of the war, but of an alarming rise in disease and a shattered health system.

The hospital used to be called Saddam Children's. It has been renamed Central Children's, but the new name cannot hide old problems. The shortage of some vital drugs and equipment is worse than in the days of UN sanctions.

"The problem of supply is particularly acute in areas like chemotherapy, IV fluids, even antibiotics. It is also worse than before the war when it comes to lab facilities," said Dr Ali Hussein, the chief resident.

"We have seen a big rise in admissions. A lot of them are from an increase in the rate of infections, mainly of waterborne diseases ... The big problem is that the Americans cannot provide security, and that affects medical supplies."

Zeena Alla is seven weeks old and about the size of an A4 notebook. She is suffering from an acute gastro-enteritis related illness. Her mother Shirin, 25, says: "They have given her medicine, but she is so small, I just don't know what will happen. I am sick with worry, all I can do is pray all the time".

Abdurrahman Bassim, five, has leukaemia. Dr Hafiz Jaleel Hussein said that there were not enough chemotherapy drugs. "He will probably have to go on a deficient course, and that reduces his chances of living."

Well I guess frozen chickens are better than nothing.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: Klixxer
You have to love how the US soldiers gave the kids candy around the new water facility though, it was almost certain it would be stuck so the US army got kids in there to at least get something against the insurgents.

Pathetic if you ask me, anyone with a brain knew that something like that would happen and still, they wanted kids to be there.

Explain...

 

[arsbanned]

I bet TLC would scream like a woman if some large guys with automatic weapons knocked down his door and dragged him from his bed. One can pray for karma.