The Story of A Syrian Boy

The story is about how Badr's brother got tortured and chopped to pieces and his father got shot presumably by the Syrian army.

I have to admit I have not researched much on what is going on in Syria so I'm not going to give my possibly ignorant opinions on the matter. I know a lot of people here think that the mainstream media is spreading disinformation about the war and protests in Syria.

I have nothing more to add.

reply to post by vunkster


maybe a true story
but i doubt it

Nayirah (testimony) refers to the controversial testimony given before the non-governmental Congressional Human Rights Caucus on October 10, 1990, by a female who provided only her first name, Nayirah. In her emotional testimony, Nayirah stated that after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait she had witnessed Iraqi soldiers take babies out of incubators in a Kuwaiti hospital, take the incubators, and leave the babies to die. Though reporters did not then have access to Kuwait, her testimony was regarded as credible at the time and was widely publicized. It was cited numerous times by United States senators and the president in their rationale to back Kuwait in the Gulf War.

Her story was initially corroborated by Amnesty International and testimony from evacuees. Following the liberation of Kuwait, reporters were given access to the country and found the story of stolen incubators unsubstantiated. However, they did find that a number of people, including babies, died when nurses and doctors fled the country.

In 1992, it was revealed that Nayirah's last name was al-Ṣabaḥ (Arabic: نيره الصباح‎) and that she was the daughter of Saud bin Nasir Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti ambassador to the United States. Furthermore, it was revealed that her testimony was organized as part of the Citizens for a Free Kuwait public relations campaign which was run by Hill & Knowlton for the Kuwaiti government. Following this, al-Sabah's testimony has largely come to be regarded as wartime propaganda.

Nurse_Nayirah

i didn't know little syrian boys could write english better than kids in the states. better yet, i didn't know little syrian boys can write english better than some of the posters on ats.

sorry i don't buy this...