American way to celebrate 8th of March:
Abeer Qassim Hamza (August 19, 1991 – March 12, 2006) was a 14-year-old Iraqi girl who lived in the village of Mahmoudiyah southeast of Baghdad who was gang-raped, killed and burned, by American troops. Hamza, her parents and her younger sister were shot and killed in their home in Mahmoudiyah on or around March 12, 2006. A discharged U.S. serviceman, Pfc. Steven D. Green, was arrested and charged on July 3, 2006 with raping and killing Hamza and killing her father Qassim Hamza Raheem, 45, her mother Fakhriya Taha Muhasen, 34, and her seven-year-old sister, Hadeel Qassim Hamza.
Initial details published by American media reported that Abeer Qassim Hamza was 25 years old, and that the others killed were her husband and child, details which were incorrect. Others reported that her parents were killed before the soldiers raped Abeer.
According to one witness, a 13 year old neighbour (name unknown), Abeer's father was told that there were Americans in his house. Abeer always told her mother that she was afraid of the soldiers. Her mother was sending her to stay with a neighbour, but she didn't get there in time. Qassim Hamza entered the house thereafter to "see what was happening". Omar reports to hearing a sound "like beating a tin barrel with a stick a few times", and later saw five Americans leave the house, one of whom carried two guns. Omar's mother claims that she and her son went to the neighbour's door, shouting through asking if they required assistance, but received no reply. She says she then noticed smoke coming from their window which led her to scream for help from neighbours, several of whom knocked down the door into the house. When she entered she found the remains of Abeer Qassim Hamza. "She lay there, one leg stretched and the other bended and her dress was lifted to her neck".
In November, Specialist James Barker , 24, admitted rape and murder over the killings. Paul Cortez broke down as he confessed to raping the girl as her parents and sister were shot dead in another room.The case is one of several in which US troops are accused of killing Iraqis.
According to the plea agreement, Sgt. Cortez admitted conspiring with three other soldiers, Pfc. Steven Green, Pfc. Jesse Spielman, and Spc. Barker to rape the 14 years old Abeer Qassim Hamza.
In court, Cortez admitted the plan was hatched as they played cards and that the girl had been targeted because there was only one male in her house, making it an easy target.
He said: "During the time me and Barker were raping Abeer, I heard five or six gunshots that came from the bedroom.
"After Barker was done, Green came out of the bedroom and said that he had killed them all, that all of them were dead."
Paul Cortez added: "Green then placed himself between Abeer's legs to rape her. When Green was finished, he stood up and shot Abeer in the head two or three times."
The entire crime took about five minute
Americans do not celebrate the wrong doings of American soldiers. Soldiers that have committed wrong are punished to the full extent of the law, including life in prison or the death penalty. However, the men and boys in Afghanistan get away with all sorts of violence and abuse against women and anybody else they care to kill or abuse without any penalty whatsoever - and they celebrate that every day.
Dear brother.
First of all Iraq war is so different then Afghanistan. I believe an American soldier rapped a 14 years old Iraqi girl and I only blame the soldier as personal crimes. Not American government ….
Now look at our country. 73 women rapped from North Province of Shamali on 1998 by the Taliban some of them were sold in hooker house in Lahore. And this is the reference: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/arch...ves/51/
140.html
Who do you want to blame for this crime? Prophet Mohammad? entire Taliban government, or the people who did it?
Another one, on 1999 when Haji Nahim Kochi the famous Taliban commander and representative of Ahmadzai tribal attacked Hazara’s village in Wardak Province (Besoud -1Besoud-2) his army rapped 21 women from different villages.
I am as a Muslim child asking you why the Taliban did such crimes for their own Muslims? That is why we are proudly supporting America in our country..
Sohrab Jan Thanks for the tearful video. I want to have contact with you.please message me.
Thank you Sohrab. I translated and posted it for Italian people, here:
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See you.
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Frightening. Good pictures and sensitive report. Great work again Sohrab! By the way, I finally managed to contact the Dutch military. I should have (hopefully good) news for you pretty soon.
Good post. Is there a woman's rights movement or commission in the government to protect the women and children?
Good post by meaning that talking about it and keeping people aware of the abuse is a good start to getting laws passed against it and getting the attention of the government.
Yes there are a commission of woman's rights, but its chairmen are Steven D. Green, Paul Cortez, James Barker, and ...
Dear Afghan Lord,
Given your interest in Afghanistan, we thought you might be interested in our latest report, Breaking Point: Measuring Progress in Afghanistan (http://pcrproject.com/blog/2007/02/23/download-
new-report-breaking-point-measuring-progress-in-
afghanistan/). The PCR Project is a part of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think-tank located in Washington, DC. Much more of our research on Afghanistan and Pakistan can be found at www.pcrproject.com.
Best,
PCR Project.
hi Sohrab, I'm glad you've been visiting my poetry blog. Be sure I'll write something in English asap. Keep in touch. ^^v^^
The story of brave little Gulsoma broke my heart...
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