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Thorne Anderson: Fractured Skull
Fractured Skull, Fallujah - 09/23/03
A doctor in the Fallujah Hospital raises an X-ray to point out head injuries to 9-year-old Hussein Ali Al-Jumaili, whose home in the nearby village of Al-Sheker was attacked in American airstrikes. His 12-year-old brother was also seriously injured in the attack and three members of his family, including his father, were killed. The Al-Jumaili family says they were visited the following morning by an American army officer who said the attack was a mistake and offered an apology for the deaths and injuries. An army spokesperson did not aknowledge any mistakes and said that one "enemy fighter" was killed in the airstrike.
A doctor in the Fallujah Hospital raises an X-ray to point out head injuries to 9-year-old Hussein Ali Al-Jumaili, whose home in the nearby village of Al-Sheker was attacked in American airstrikes. His 12-year-old brother was also seriously injured in the attack and three members of his family, including his father, were killed. The Al-Jumaili family says they were visited the following morning by an American army officer who said the attack was a mistake and offered an apology for the deaths and injuries. An army spokesperson did not aknowledge any mistakes and said that one "enemy fighter" was killed in the airstrike.
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