- "It was the middle of the night this past winter
when the door of my house exploded out of its foundation. My family and
I were awakened by the sheer noise of the explosion. My pregnant wife,
my two daughters, my son and I stepped out of the house into our yard.
As we approached the destroyed door of our yard, the intruding US soldiers
had already entered the compound and they started firing at us. The bullets
hit everyone in my family including my wife and our unborn child, two daughters,
my son and I; everyone was killed except one of my daughters and I. After
the shooting, the US forces ordered vicious attack dogs to drag the bodies
of my family members out of the yard into the ally outside. I was also
bitten by the dogs after I shielded my surviving daughter, who was also
badly injured by an incoming US round. So, when I covered my daughter with
my body from the attacks of these vicious dogs, the US troops ordered these
vicious beasts to attack me as well.
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- While my daughter and I were in great deal of pain from
the injuries, the bodies of my pregnant wife, my daughter and my son were
disfigured by the attack dogs of the US forces. The terror exercised by
the US forces had created such a disastrous situation that my daughter
and I were not in a state of consciousness and could not fully comprehend
until the US troops left our village and our neighbors came to get us medical
care.
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- The painful molestation and disfigurement of the members
of my family by the attack dogs and their bullet ridden bodies will always
haunt me and my surviving daughter until the day we die.
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- After my daughter and I recovered from our wounds, we
took some of our belongings and a tent and moved to the middle of the desert
in Laghmen Province since I could not live in the same house whose yard
is stained with the blood of my wife and children." (My Interview
with the Victims in Laghman Province , 2009)
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- Ladies and gentlemen, I am leaving for Afghanistan on
Thursday April 23, 2009. I wish to appeal on behalf of this father and
daughter and raise money to build them a modest house away from where he
used to live since his painful memories could not allow him to even visit
his own village. I know those kind people who have always showed concerns
for the victims in Afghanistan would be able to extend a helping hand to
these victims. Kindly donate at
- www.afghanistanafterdemocracy.com or contact me via email
at
- mdmiraki@ameritech.net
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- Sincerely,
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- Mohammed Daud Miraki, PhD
- 5347 North Ravenswood Avenue
- Chicago , IL 60640
- www.afghanistanafterdemocracy.com
- mdmiraki@ameritech.net
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