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Iraq war logs: Apache attack's child victims speak out
Cockpit video of gunship attack that killed 19 and gravely injured two children was first major leak of Iraq war material
On a hot July day in 2007, taxi driver Salah Mutasher Toman swept his two young children into the passenger seat of his white minivan. He bade his brother, Sabah Toman, farewell and started making his way home, a short drive across the neighbourhood, through militia-held territory.
The area had echoed with explosions that morning. A fight had been brewing. But that was nothing new in Baghdad during that particular bloody summer. Salah planned on bunkering down with his family for the day to ride out the routine of heat and violence. He didn't get further than 400 metres before his van was blown apart by a hovering American helicopter. Salah died, along with six other people in his van. His son Sajad and daughter Duah were gravely wounded.
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"I remember them carrying me," said Duah, who was aged 4 that day and is now 7. "I was very scared and my stomach hurt a lot."
Her brother Sajad, 12, lifted up his shirt to reveal his scars. "They carried me away as well. I was terrified to be in the arms of an American soldier. But I didn't know what had just happened. And I didn't know where my sister was."
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"It was shocking to see," says Sabah. "Shocking to see how violent they were and the lack of understanding they showed. My brother arrived to help them. Anyone in this culture would have done the same."
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