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	5 yr. old doused with gasoline & set on fire by masked men

kkcapricorn

8-23-2007 10:07 PM

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violence, iraq, crime, disfigured

kkcapricorn says:

This is a hear wrenching story. The agony this child suffered and still suffers is so hard to bare.

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8-23-2007 11:15 PM

skwirlinator

Saw this on the news - what an awful world we share

8-24-2007 12:29 AM

The REAL Napster

And yet nobody seems to hear much about the Taliban cutting of arms and hands of schoolgirls (or just shooting them now) so they don't get to school to try and learn. Equally horrible.

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