Youssif was known for his bright smile before he was attacked by masked men.
Posted on 08/22/2007 6:35:48 PM PDT by beaversmom
Editor's note: CNN agreed not to use the full names of the mother and son in this article due to concern for their safety.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Five-year-old Youssif is scarred for life, his once beautiful smile turned into a grotesquely disfigured face -- the face of a horrifying act by masked men. They grabbed him on a January day outside his central Baghdad home, doused him with gas and set him ablaze.
It's an act incomprehensibly savage, even by Iraq's standards today. No one has been arrested and the motive remains unknown.
In a war-ravaged city torn by sectarian violence and marked by acts of vengeance, this attack's apparent randomness stands out as an example of what life has become in a place where brutality -- even against young children -- is a constant.
"They dumped gasoline, burned me, and ran," Youssif told CNN, pointing down the street with his scarred hands where his attackers fled. PhotoSee photographs of Youssif before and after the attack »
As he sucked his thumb, he repeated, "I was burning." He tried to put the flames out himself.
It looks as though this boy's face melted and then froze into rivers cutting through swollen hard flesh. It's hard to see the energetic outgoing child his parents describe beneath the sullen demeanor that defines Youssif today.
"He's become spiteful, I am not sure why," said his mother, Zainab. "He is jealous of everyone. If I say the slightest thing to him, he cries. He's sensitive." VideoWatch the mother describe how she cries at night wracked with guilt »
Even things like eating have become a chore. His face contorts when he tries to shovel rice into his mouth, carefully angling the spoon and then using his fingers to push the little grains through...
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So... thats not as bad as putting panties on a prisoners head.
Youssif was known for his bright smile before he was attacked by masked men.
Another act of Islam. They have become and will forever remain my enemy.
This is the level of demonic possession Islam engenders, to torture a small child. The ‘warriors’ of Islam are simply cowardly demons to be disposed of asap. May God strengthen the hands of our soldiers and sharpen their eyes, to see and dispose of these sub-human Islamic ghouls.
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Sick, evil, heathen ba$tard$ either way..
Thanks xcamel—did a search on fire but didn’t pull that one up for some reason.
No hell is hot enough for the islamic pigs that did this.
Do we know where Janet Reno was at the time?
Can hell be hot enough for such as these.
“Religion of peace...”
Pickin' up strippers with The Beast and Stretch.
Back in January, no doubt when CNN was too busy covering IEDs maiming US soldiers.
This is the answer to how a loving God can torment people forever in hell. These men deserve that just for starters.
Islam, the original insane murder cult.
I so agree. The suffering some people cause others.... just the knowlege that such cruelty exists is almost unbearable, let alone being the person on the receiving end of it. This little one needs our prayers! I also hope a talented plastic surgeon sees the story and might be able to help this child!
Brought to you by the religion from the pit of hell.... Nobody but Satan could have come up with their “Rushdie had it right” Satanic verses.
And Atheists think Mother Theresa and these torturers will go to the same place.
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