You've broken your word, says Baghdad boy who lost his arms
Ali Ismail Abbas, the 12-year-old Baghdad boy who lost his arms in a US air strike, yesterday accused the media of letting him down.
He does not want sympathy. Speaking with fluent indignation, in his grimy ward in Chewader hospital, he demanded to know why numerous promises that he would be treated in the West had not been kept.
Day after day he has had to endure a bewildering succession of visitors from the international media. His wounds have been uncovered for cameramen and all have offered kind words.
"You are coming to make fun of me because I have lost my arms?" he asked. "Doctor, doctor, no more journalists please."
I take it all back. The media has hit an all time low.
