"she heard her girls die"

[midnight armadillo]

http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/07/31/in_shelters_ruins_a_mothers_search_turns_to_horror/

In shelter's ruins, a mother's search turns to horror

By Thanassis Cambanis, Globe Staff | July 31, 2006

QANA, Lebanon -- Hala Ahmed Shalhoub said she heard her girls die as she lay face down in the dirt.

Just hours before, Shalhoub had lain down on a foam pad on the floor of the crowded basement shelter she shared with about 60 relatives, after eating potato and onion stew.

Rokaya, 1 1/2 years old, nestled against her mother's shoulder, and Fatima, nearly 4, slept beside them.

Then came the big blast.

``The dust came over us. I tried to move myself, but I couldn't move," Hala said from a hospital bed in Tyre.

She told her story quickly, in an uninterrupted stream of words, mouthed in a hoarse, raspy monotone.

``My face was buried in the dust. I heard my baby on my back making noises and also my older child," she said. ``They were all covered with the dust, and they died."

more at link. :cry:

[Ravenseye]

1. The reason this action by Israel is doomed to failure

``My children are going to heaven. They are going to join the Prophet," Hala said softly, her eyes blank, and her face bruised black. Blood seeped through a bandage and a fresh headscarf onto her pillow. ``Whoever did this massacre is going to hell."

Killing civilians just makes people hate Israel. Or hate Israel more. It creates more members of Hezbollah. It creates more problems for Israel. Not to mention it's just so sad.

[LeftHander]

2. Our bunker busters were shipped just in time....

TO kill off those evil terrorists...

[midnight]

3. For all the mothers and the horror that the gop has spread.

Let them go to hell.

[CrispyQ]

4. Two mothers . . .

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I am so sad today. The world is full of heartbreak.