In the days following the rogue US soldier’s shooting spree in Kandahar, most of the media, us included, focused on the “backlash” and how it might further strain the relations with the US.

Many mainstream media outlets channelled a significant amount of energy into uncovering the slightest detail about the accused soldier – now identified as Staff Sergeant Robert Bales. We even know where his wife wanted to go for vacation, or what she said on her personal blog.

But the victims became a footnote, an anonymous footnote. Just the number 16. No one bothered to ask their ages, their hobbies, their aspirations. Worst of all, no one bothered to ask their names.

In honoring their memory, I write their names below, and the little we know about them: that nine of them were children, three were women.

The dead:
Mohamed Dawood son of Abdullah
Khudaydad son of Mohamed Juma
Nazar Mohamed
Payendo
Robeena
Shatarina daughter of Sultan Mohamed
Zahra daughter of Abdul Hamid
Nazia daughter of Dost Mohamed
Masooma daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Farida daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Palwasha daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Nabia daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Esmatullah daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Faizullah son of Mohamed Wazir
Essa Mohamed son of Mohamed Hussain
Akhtar Mohamed son of Murrad Ali

The wounded:
Haji Mohamed Naim son of Haji Sakhawat
Mohamed Sediq son of Mohamed Naim
Parween
Rafiullah
Zardana
Zulheja

Nine of the 16 victims were children

http://blogs.aljazeera.com/asia/2012/03/19/no-one-asked-their-names

Collateral damage.
An unfortunate occurence with any war.
Where do we begin and where do we end?

Do we need to write all the names of the 9-11 alqeada victims too?
Please, help us to help you to help us to help you move on.

may their souls rest in peace.

Callotti: Collateral damage.
An unfortunate occurence with any war.
Where do we begin and where do we end?

Do we need to write all the names of the 9-11 alqeada victims too.
Please, help us to help you to help us to help you move on.

So what about 9-11 victims ? Has americans not be killing arabs and others since donkey years or you might want to also list the names of the japanese that were nuked by america in hiroshima.

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So what about 9-11 victims ? Has americans not be killing arabs and others since donkey years or you might want to also list the names of the japanese that were nuked by america in hiroshima.

The reason I stated where do we begin and where does it end.
America will always be America, a powerful aggressor till. . . .the end of times.

So what is the price of a human life to america and how much of it will it take to maintain her self-acclaimed world power ? Dont forget the ottoman empire ruled for over 300 years !

The main issue here is pointing out the bias of mainstream media outfits...CNN, BBC at al. This killer was simply described as a "deranged American soldier whereas if were the other way round, he is certainly a terrorist, Islamist or fundamentalist.

Again, if any of the the children orphaned by this incident survives and takes up arms against America,the media would blame it on Islam. Ask America how many children have become orphans and rendered hopeless as a result of war on terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan.