Will we be forgiven for this crime?
Andrew Wimmer • Sunday, November 14, 2004 • War and Peace, Iraq
Reuters, Falluja, Sunday: Some locals say the stench of decomposing bodies fills the air. Others tell of children dying because it was too dangerous to get them to help. One family buried their 9-year-old boy in the garden after he bled to death over several hours from a stomach wound. Thousands of refugees are living in makeshift accommodation at camps outside the city, or with relatives.
“It was terrible. We had no water or electricity. I even saw dead bodies lying in the street and a tank rolled over them,” said Mohammed Ali Shalal, a 65-year-old truck driver who fled on Friday and is sheltering with a nephew in nearby Amriya, where 20 people were crammed into a two-bedroom apartment.
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