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Tuesday, April 15, 2003He could have been a fedayeen fighter. Or a thief. Or he could have been just an innocent man who panicked. But the angry crowd of mostly Arab hospital workers had made up its mind. "Who is he?" someone asked as the man's bullet-riddled body was wheeled toward the emergency room door. "This is a criminal who wanted to kill us!" shouted one of the hospital workers, who then spit on the wounded man as hospital workers cheered. "Kurds are coming to rob and kill us, so we kill them," said another, who also spat on the man. A third hospital worker kicked the man in the head. Then the hospital's staff blocked the door with their bodies and refused to treat him. "Kurdish are criminals," one Arab staff member said.... People in the crowd outside the hospital assumed the two prisoners were looters, and nearly set upon them. But an American Special Forces soldier drew a pistol and repeatedly screamed at the crowd to get back. Once he moved the wounded prisoner inside the hospital, a doctor refused to treat him. "He's shot!" the Green Berets soldier shouted at a physician. "You're a doctor. It's your job to look at him." That soldier has a better understanding of medical ethics than the hosptial staff and doctor. Amazing. Is it any wonder people have been looting hospitals? They probably feel safer taking medical matters in their own hands. At least they’d avoid a kick in the head. posted by Sydney on 4/15/2003 08:01:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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