Another Death Caused by bush*. Little Baby Ali has Died.....

[leftchick]

Iraqi woman Rahab Ali al-Musawi, 18, looks on while her three month old son Ali Mohammed cries during his treatment for diarrhea in the General Teaching Hospital for Children in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), in this June 3, 2004 file photo. Ali, who prompted an outpouring of sympathy around the world after he was photographed lying emaciated in the undersupplied Iraqi hospital has died, doctors said Saturday June 19, 2004. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/nation/8967162.htm

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Ali Mohammed Jabbar - affectionately known as Baby Ali - died of septicemia, a bacterial blood infection easily treated if more advanced medical care had been available, said Dr. Haidar Hadi of Baghdad's General Teaching Hospital for Children.

"The chance of survival would have been much, much higher if he were in a European hospital," Hadi said. "He most probably would have survived."

Baby Ali's suffering illustrated the plight of Iraq's children, who are still lacking proper medical care after more than a year of U.S. military occupation.

The hospital where Baby Ali was treated had no proper equipment to take blood and stool samples needed to pinpoint the type of diarrhea that afflicted him. Without that precision, doctors were unable to prescribe the right antibiotics for him.

[Mnemosyne]

1. I can't speak....

[mopaul]

2. aren't these the same people who attacked us? they're all killers

and we are merely pre-emptively killing them before they kill us here in iowa.

(cynical dark humor)

we are in fact, killing mothers and babies who have no weapons and have never harmed us. we are the new american nazis.

[leftchick]

3. I agree mopaul...

Excellent graphic too!

[foreigncorrespondent]

4. Off topic...

...mopaul, that really is the scariest picture I have ever seen of Bush*. Very telling, and right to the point. Good work, my friend.

It is now bed time for me, and I am likely to have nightmares from that. ;)

[foreigncorrespondent]

5. I am really speechless.

This is very sad indeed!

Can't the occupiers of their country bloody well give them decent medical supplies?

[leftchick]

8. Germany was willing to help...

after the story of Ali made headlines on June 4, Germany offered medical suppiles and assistance. I wonder if the CPA/WH held it up....

[mike1963]

6. But didn't Pickles fix the Iraqi children's hospital problems?

:grr:

[mopaul]

7. kick

[AntiCoup2K4]

9. OK, lurking Freepers, there ya go!

We all know how much you hate baby killers, don't we?

So you'll be more than happy to help us remove this baby killing piece of shit from the White House, right? :grr:

[nostamj]

10. heartbreaking and horrifying

brings to mind both the vietnamese girl running from the napalm attack and Munch's "The Scream"

and to know that it is only ONE of so MANY...