WAITING FOR THE FUTURE

[pritchke]

Good article on Iraqis waiting for the future:
It might not be proper for kids, there is "bad language" in it.
http://www.macleans.ca/xta-doc2/2003...ld/58787.shtml
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3 paragraphs from the middle:

Dr. Tala Awkati is the director of the facility's neonatal unit. Her ward is in a separate building from the main hospital. There is a faded stencil of Mickey Mouse above the unit's empty oxygen canisters; the room's dozen incubators sit empty. Awkati was forced to leave when she found herself, and her tiny patients, caught in a crossfire. She says Iraqi troops ordered her out, leaving three premature infants in incubators. Looters later shot the hospital's security guard and stripped the wards of medications, beds, blankets, lights, even the ceiling fans. By the time she returned, the three infants had died. "Their bodies were decomposing, still in their incubators," she said tearfully. "And the smell, I will never forget it."

The hospital's director, Dr. Ban Sami Basheer, puts her arm around Awkati. As they console each other, Basheer turns to her friend and says, "We've only seen wars and bodies and still we are not seeing anything else. It's too late for us, we are hoping for the next generation now." But the empty incubators are a painful reminder of the three tiny members of a generation lost to war.

Half of Iraq's 24 million residents are under the age of 18 and have grown up knowing only war and sanctions. Disillusioned about their futures, many can't even return to school because most have been damaged, looted or burned. The Babylon School for Girls, which is located down the street from al-Eskan Children's Hospital, is one of those that was badly damaged. In its front yard, students have painted murals of the Iraqi flag, flowers and girls playing. But tanks knocked down the brick wall surrounding the school, and looters later helped themselves to everything they could carry.

[ 04-30-2003, 06:21 PM: Message edited by: Luvian ]

Should put an age related warning on your post dude. Some parents do not want their kids seeing that kind of language. Just my thoughts on a family forum.

[pritchke]

Originally posted by MagiK: Should put an age related warning on your post dude. Some parents do not want their kids seeing that kind of language. Just my thoughts on a family forum.

Is it in my post or somewhere in the article because I can not find it.

I have a problem because I can no longer edit my message. The magazine I posted from does not usually contain profanity.

If any of the moderators see this could you either delete the post or place a warning in the title. Thanks!!

[Timber Loftis]

It is hard to spot. Likely that if we just ignore it no one will complain. I've had this happen to me before as well.

[Djinn Raffo]

Originally posted by MagiK: Should put an age related warning on your post dude. Some parents do not want their kids seeing that kind of language. Just my thoughts on a family forum.

Now that's what i call 'pickin daisies'.