How to help

A number of people have asked how they can help the family featured in Fouad's report, as well as others affected by bomb attacks. As Iraq still lacks a full infrastructure, we're sadly not aware of a reliable charity or aid group that can help in this specific situation, but will update this post if anything changes.

Reality Check!

Great Doco- 9/11 was nothing compared to the loss of life, divison of people,and corrupt govenrment, caused by America. America fully supports the dispicable iraqi govenment which they helped into power. Isn't it all out of there own interest anyway; to suppress the people and cause internal division so to "western society" Iraq's seem barbaric, violent and fanatical to the point where they kill there own poeple while america continues massacring innocent lives and no one blinks and eye.

There is another side to the story

Julie, I find it very unfortunate that you have chosen to misinterpret my comment as a denegration of the 6 year old child and others that were killed in the blast. I certainly was making a political point. Had the superpowers not pursued political points and turns in Iraq, those families would not have grieved their children to begin with. Such an an accusation comes weak from someone who is unable to accept that America (God forbid) is responsible for the grief of 100,000s of Iraqi families.

Who is really behind these bombings?

This was a really shocking story. Thank-you, Fouad for bringing the terrible suffering of the Iraqi people to our TV screens. The world needs to be reminded of the mess that Iraq has become because of the invasion. Does anyone know who really is behind these bombings?...who stands to gain? People say it is a sectarian issue, but the people killed in this episode were both Sunni & Shia. The young boy who died so tragically, was a Shia, some were Sunni

Sectarian militias

Samil Adil of the Iraq Freedom Congress, an organiser of the Feb 25 "Day of Rage" ( http://links.org.au/node/2183) says "In Iraq you don't have govt, you have militias". The bombings would not so readily happen without the militias of the sectarian groups set up by the US (and us). Would Fouad please interview him!

There is another side to the story

Zena, is it really necessary to denigrate the death of a 6 year old boy, and the others killed in that bomb blast, by trying to make a political point? I agree with you, there are thousands of other stories that need to be told also, but the grieving families in this story were not trying to make a political point.

There is more than enough room for the miniscule amount.

An Iraqi person, suffering in much the same way or perhaps more, may decide to escape the pain demonstrated in this report. They might think, "Australia contributed to the destruction of our lives so we will go there to rebuild them," and this would be a fair and logical conclusion to make. Then they get on a boat for Australia where, if they survive the perilous trip, they are immediately locked in a detention centre. For sure, it would be hilarious if it weren't so sick and despicable.

Emotional

A very upsetting but important story. The blurred image of a young boy killed and his grieving family were disturbing. Is there a fund specifically for people made homeless by bombings in Iraq or Baghdad?