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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Baghdad early this year while he was out buying a new cell phone. The neighborhood seemed safe; Waddah didn't bother to lock his car door. He was about to cross a narrow alley when a car screeched up, blocking his way. Two men got out, thrust AK-47s into his ribs and pushed him into the floor behind the front seat. Climbing in the backseat, the men pinned him down with their feet and beat him in the torso with the butts of their guns. When he tried to speak, he got a sharp jab in the ribs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Disappeared of Iraq | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

...Center for Human Rights, Damilaz is among 60 women and children killed in air strikes since June, when Israel launched its assault on the Gaza Strip in response to the abduction of an Israeli soldier, Corporal Gilad Shalit. At Damilaz's funeral, militants in black T shirts fired AK-47s in the air. On a white wall, someone had sprayed the words CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FAMILY FOR THE MARTYRDOM OF DAMILAZ HAMAD. The only genuine grief was from the girl's paraplegic mother, who lay crumpled on a mattress on a dirty floor, wailing for her lost daughter. I listened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gaza: No Doves in Sight | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

...sunset I saw over the Pacific Ocean and his views of rubble from roadside bombs. I heard the roar of the surf and the sounds of children laughing as they ran toward the sea. He heard the "deep rumble" of M-16s and the "higher-pitched clatter" of AK-47s. Michelle Pietzak Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 9/18/2006 | See Source »

...sunset I saw over the Pacific Ocean and his views of rubble from roadside bombs. I heard the roar of the surf and the sounds of children laughing as they ran toward the sea. He heard the "deep rumble" of M-16s and the "higher-pitched clatter" of AK-47s. Michelle Pietzak Los Angeles

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Daily Hell of Baghdad | 9/16/2006 | See Source »

...sunset I saw over the Pacific Ocean and his views of rubble from roadside bombs. I heard the roar of the surf and the sounds of children laughing as they ran toward the sea. He heard the "deep rumble" of M-16s and the "higher-pitched clatter" of AK-47s. Michelle Pietzak Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 4, 2006 | 8/31/2006 | See Source »

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