

In this episode, a human rights advocate interviewed the mother of a man who was apparently murdered in cold blood by United States troops in Samarra. Her son died on May 6th, and the events prior to it are here described by his mother.
In war and peace children are always amongst the most vulnerable of communities.Iraq has been no exception.In this episode, Alive in Baghdad takes you to the children's ward of Baghdad Hospital, to make visible the plight of some very sick children, stricken with cancer by the presence of Depleted Uranium munitions, left over from the last to US wars in Iraq.Despite official claims that so-called "Depleted" Uranium is mostly harmless, evidence continues to mount to the contrary. Rates of cancer and deformities in Iraq's children have sky-rocketed since 1991.Here are just a few of their stories.Please remember that Alive in Baghdad depends on donations to continue. If just a fraction of our readers would contribute $10-25 per month, our work might continue indefinitely.To pay our correspondents in Baghdad and continue to expand our work, we must raise money, our basic expenses are approximately $2000/month at this time, not including the eventual necessities of new and replacement equipment, or the expanison of our work.Please donate what you can at http://www.aliveinbaghdad.org
Depleted Uranium, also known as Uranium-238 or colloquially as DU, has devastated Iraqi families for more than a decade. After the Gulf War this dangerous metal began causing massive numbers of birth defects, abnormalities, and high levels of cancer in children.In this episode, Alive in Baghdad brings you the story of one child who is dealing with Depleted Uranium sickness. He is less than 2 years old and is already facing a horrible debilitation from his sickness.Stay tuned for more information, in an upcoming episode we will take you to the special wards in Baghdad set up just for the purporse of treating children and other Iraqis who are dealing with this sickness.Please remember, if you feel our work is important, consider donating. Costs to continue this project are upward of three thousand dollars per month. To expand and strengthen our work we are looking for five thousand per month.That said, we are currently receiving thousands of view of each video, and if we could receive a donation of 5 or 10 dollars per month from just a fraction of these viewers, we could continue our work indefinitely.Please consider donation 5-10 dollars, or more if you are capable. Visit http://aliveinbaghdad.org for more information on donating.