The Babies Born Deformed Due To The Iraq War
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Finding Farah (2013): In the aftermath of the Iraq war, doctors reported a dramatic rise in the number of babies born with severe deformities, believed to come from depleted uranium used in munitions. Where are those babies now?
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Three-year-old Farah lives in a Baghdad orphanage. After numerous operations on her badly deformed face, she still struggles with "swallowing, breathing, eyesight". The government has approved further treatment abroad, but "we're waiting for them to issue a passport. She has no papers". In a nation with no proper social security system, help can be a long time coming. "There are millions of disabled people in Iraq. Over 50% of the population receive a disibility allowance", explains Minister for Social Affairs, Dr Al-Rubayie.
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Much respect to the women who work in that orphanage! The kids appear well taken care of and well adjusted. ❤
I love the way the orphanage carers talked about being substitute mothers and loving the children. Not all seem to think or talk like that. You can tell the affection they showed children on screen is something they readily and regularly give off screen also.
In UK here, there's operations that fix her condition. My cousin Tim was born with heir lip and cleft palate. He had many operations and when he recovered we hardly knew he was born with it. Sadly he got bullied at school because of his learning disabilities and sadly he took his own life age 18 years old. He would of been late 20's early 30's, if he was still alive. Miss him so much 😢
Sorry to hear that. Your poor cousin should never have been treated like that.
So sorry for your loss and his pain .
My cousin can fix her cleft palate he retired Duncan 😊💓
Love and light sent
I’m so sorry😢😢
despite Farah's imperfections she is beautiful, i take my hat off to the people that takes good care of these children no matter what, so thankyou :-)
Katty F how about the people (the US military) who created those conditions?
Yes they are wonderful people and care for Farah and all the orphaned children with the very best love and nurturing,
she is not beautiful. she is a victim of war criminals.
@@yourmajesty5987
Maybe you don't see how beautiful she is the ones who are hideous and repulsive are the people who don't care about precious children like her... People like you , your majesty
Jamac Soo Kuday It had nothing to do with the military.
Its funny how paperwork can be expedited when a camera is in your face
Exactly! “ oh we can have her passport in a day “ after almost 4 years of this child suffering
Standard slimey politican. Buying clothes at a photo opportunity instead of making those ID's and medical treatments happen.
God bless thise kids and clinicians.
She hasnt been "suffering for 4 years", did you not see all the operations she has had? The care she is getting? Yes she needs corneal transplant and yes it shouldnt be delayed, but cmon lets have some perspective.
If jumping the line, reduced the number of visits to Iraq, cut down the expenses, & expedited creation of this video, then the special privilege that was granted was not only a goodwill but necessary.
It was done for the benefit of 1 defenceless child & raising awareness & empathy in the world.
Hopefully this video results in funding Farah’s operations.
There used to be a time when many of these countries were rich now they are poor. All the institutions & organizations including the passport office operate with limited number of employees & resources.
Favouritism & corruption becomes more as countries become more weak & poor.
Let’s have a bigger heart.
The childcare standards are very high, clean and tidy rooms, wonderfully gentle, loving and committed staff, good medical regime.
I hope the politician was not just blowing smoke and actually did what he said. That orphanage has to honesty be one of the best I have ever seen. Bless those substitute mummas
These kids are more human than the so called normal folks that drift through life with their bull
There are some amazing orphanages in the East. There are angels amongst EVERY cultural group.
Damn straight.
Angels don’t exist. Wake up Sarah.
Go hop in the driver seat of a car in Iraq
Or wear what u please in public
And come back here
(If you’re still alive)
And tell us about all those “angels” you ran into in THE EAST🤡
Slamming a baby into the crib is not tenderness. It’s simply abuse. Disgusting!
Want to thank those woman for helping those children. Sad they don't let them get adopted
Denise Rawls I was hoping Farah would get adopted. I haven’t heard about Muslims adopting; does anyone know about that?
@@TheAuntieBa Muslims do adopt children, though I doubt someone will adopt Farah as she needs intensive care and people in Iraq have their own problems of poverty etc.
@@TheAuntieBa Muslims can adopt. Prophet Muhammad adopted children. But we can't adopt kids and lie to them about their origins. Like we can't tell them we are their biological parents. They need to know where do they come from, if that information is available. Do you understand?
I have to admit the government did a good job caring for her they even got her surgery. It may not be perfect but they did well under the circumstances. I think the interviewer was to hard on them
The people caring for her are truly loving, gentle, compassionate and understanding to her needs! 💕
From Ireland God bless Farah and Iraq
God bless Ireland. Love from Palestine.
Heartbreaking - God bless these innocent children and those who care for them. The use of depleted uranium a war crime and should be held accountable for it.
Precious baby. So young and already so strong.
Ive seen some shit in my life time but tuck man knowing my tax payer money went towards monstrous acts cant help but feel guilty for what their going trough
Oh bless sweet Farah and her wonderful caretakers. I'm amazed with the devotion and care she's receiving from the hospital and orphanage, and so happy she is slowly coming out of her shell. Please provide updates...
Love these woman at the orphanage, they show their love and care. Beautiful!
I don’t want to be critical of the culture, but some of these children born with severe deformities are the result of first cousins getting married to each other. It is not only allowed, but encouraged. It’s a practice that needs to stop through more awareness and education. Many other countries with similar cultures have the same problem with the high rate of birth deformities, most notably is Pakistan.
It’s just Pakistan. Nowhere else is this common.
These sorts of defects were extremely rare in Iraqi before 2003. This is the fault of the US government for using illegal radioactive munitions, in civilian areas no less. Also, cousin marriage is not encouraged, and in the Arab world its practiced by not many people. Lastly, focusing on a matter as trivial as that takes attention away from the criminal actions of the US military in Iraq which led to so many cases like this little girl.
No, it’s because of the bombs dropped by the US government! People, Mary cousins in all cultures. Did you know that child marriage is still legal in the United States? so before you talk about Iraq, and assuming that everyone there marries their cousins, let’s talk about what happens in America. Also, Iraqis are not a monolith. Just because someone in Iraq might marry their first cousin doesn’t mean everyone does.
@@leliapurky9462 First of all, these videos focus on the Lurhs/Bahktiari tribes living in the Zagros mountains of Western Iran, not
Iraq. And second of all, marriage among first cousins with these tribes is encouraged and not discouraged. There were a couple of episodes featuring government doctors making house calls to the Peren family discouraging them from continuing the practice of marriage among first cousins. They explicitly told the Peren family that Ava’s and Mohammed’s disabilities were mostly caused by their patents being first cousins. It is for this very reason that the family is encouraging Mehdi and his fiance , who are also first cousins, to undergo DNA testing before they get married and have children to make sure that their genes are incompatible for having normal children. The Iranian government is sending doctors and social workers to many of the mountain villages to stop them from engaging in the practice of inter-familial marriages. Many of the Royal families in Europe used to engage in these practices, too, as with other cultures throughout the world. Thirdly, many more bombs were dropped in Europe during WWII than in Iraq, and birth abnormalities did not persist in subsequent generations like they have in the villages of many third world countries.
These birth defects have been going on in this country way before the war. There is inadequate maternity care, some women never see a doctor, and deliver at home. They also allow first cousins to marry, which also is why so many birth defects.
This orphanage is lovely, especially after seeing some of the horror houses in Romania.
This world is ran by pure demons
My God.. how horrible and sad.. God bless all the women who are taking care of these poor innocent children
I would adopt all them, if I had enough bedrooms for them all. Beautiful children
This was a sad and troubling story. I hope Farah has gotten the help she needs and that she finds a loving family.
It is innocent children who suffer the most in wars of this magnitude!
And that god thing doesnt lift a finger to help!
What's new? Similar issue in Vietnam. The shameful thing here is that, unlike Vietnam, soldiers in the Iraq war volunteered. There was no draft. Of course, I'm sure that most soldiers just thought they were doing what they've been told is the "right thing", but how anyone thought our entrance in Iraq was remotely justified is beyond me.
God bless these beautiful Iraqi women and children and may peace and stability return to ur wonderful country....we American citizens are totally disgusted with the criminal acts done by our government to ur country...most of our citizens were against the illegal occupation committed by bush and the rest of the blood thirsty satans of the UN
Anthony Condegni
you blind and hated then, those women are beautiful
So you were partly responsible for this, Joe. How does that make you feel? Hope the guilt keeps you from ever sleeping again.
@Airbornejoe1986 ur disgusting!! Hate who ever u want! But why do innocent children deserve to suffer?
@Airbornejoe1986 thank you for your service Airbornejoe1986. I can't even imagine what you went through to preserve my freedom in the USA.
I appreciate you!!!
Dec.2020 any updates about this angel?God bless her.
This video filmed 2013
@@raquelmiralles3777 which is why we would like an update.
God bless the ladies taking care of these babies! The "substitute mother's" all I can say is wow and the world needs more people who care this much I am so impressed with their care and interaction with these kids they deserve so many blessings
Shame there's so much inbreeding going on in those countries women marrying Brothers father's cousins uncles. Just a shame the children have no say and who their parents are and actually their mothers have no say as to who they will marry...
Relations not proper
They don't marry fathers or brothers. First cousin marriage is gross enough without exaggeration
God bless those little ones and the ladies that take care of them
God bless the Doctors and Care givers to care for these poor babies and help them.
How come baby Farah was being kept in a corner? They said because she was sick, but the nurses weren’t taking precautions when they handled her. It sounds like she was left there to die, since nobody was treating her medically. Shocking and disheartening. Imagine all the children out there in the same condition, left to suffer. Please spread kindness. It’s a cruel world.
Our kids in middle east suffered alot from amercain and west greed 💔💔💔💔💔💔
How can we help Farrah? She’s so sweet. It’s just her face, its cosmetic. Sweet baby. Is there a way to get a hold of the orphanage?
Yes ma'am there is! First I'm going to need you to send me a donation of 500$ u.s.d.
I would suggest googling the name of the man who hosted the film, then any producers and directors whose names appear in the credits.
You should probably google her guardian the head honcho Dr guy it takes a year to see!
what about to look for some starving children in your neighborhood??
By all means help this one little girl if you can. But also help so many others by calling out our military-industrial complex and endless oil wars.
Depleted uranium...Bagdad must be a brounfield. The vague explanation of circumstance does not explain this very well. Is Farrah blind? The ladies are wonderful, your children sweet. Thank you.
But why did the woman go and slam Farah down in the crib? It makes me so mad when people are rough with young children especially when they have a disability. This sweet girl has been neglected her whole life. I hope someone adopts her into their family and gets her out of that place!
*It's now Dec 2018 is there any updates on Farrah* ?
WATSONMUTH 😭❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@WATSONMUTH How you know?!
Nooooooooo
I like to know myself ?
@@WATSONMUTH how do you know
I would adopt farrah in a heartbeat shes beautiful
why don't you ..... adopt some from your own neighborhood?
Those woman running the orphanage are Amazing! You can see they love the kids and they are thriving in return
" we are mother's" and then " life is cheap here and she is one of those cases... Heartbreaking
Farah is such a sweetheart, she’s been through so much and yet she is still happy, I hope she is well and wish her nothing but the best
I wish i could go there and help care for the babies i love kids and need so much love
...and marrying your first cousin has NOTHING to do with it????
No it’s actually uranium dropped in southern Iraq by the American occupiers.
Children all over the world are born with deformities & disabilities everyday. 🙄🇦🇺
That little girl is a warrior 💞
My heart breaks to see these precious babies without mothers to give them all their love and attention
I want to see what happened to her 😢♥️♥️ kindly any update about Farah
depleted uranium is a war crime. who is responsible for enhancing weapons with these nuclear byproducts. their names. the should be tried for war crimest in the Hague
ObAmA
I'm disgusted that people of Iraq suffered due to invasion of foreign countries!
The home Farah lives in is beautiful, the nurses are clearly very loving and motherly to the kids.
This Iraq government officer and the orphanage personal are good people. A sad story but showing clearly the hearts of the people of Iraq
May Allah SWT continue to bless the minister and these wonderfully gifted nurses and staff for caring and loving these beautiful children. Farrah is adorable. Despite her facial deformities she seems to be a very well functioning girl and is thriving. I will make Dua that they continue to receive shifa. Insha’Allah. 🌹🕊💙🌺🤲🏻☪️
Bwahahahaha al bumdulilah
These beautiful children need so much love 💕 they are all in my prayers
I did a 6 month tour in Iraq , doing convoy missions. when I got back in 2008 , I started to go to the VA , and since then I have developed a lot of medical problems , that someone of 80 or more should have. Why ? don't know , my family genes are good and have members that lived to 98. With no issues , now im the issue now.
I know this comment is 3 years old, but I’m wondering if any vaccines you were given in the military could have caused side effects. I’ve come across many who believe this is their case. Just food for thought! I pray you are doing better now.
@@bee2373 i had a number of " cocktail " shots for my 3 deployments , including Antrax with boosters. I have liver , bowel and intestine problems and skin , and also lessons on a number of areas on my prostate and kidneys. good news is none of these are deadly. And with excuses of simply " aging" comes into play with the VA. But my background say's no one in my family bloodlines ever had cancer or other problems other than living to 90's or more. But i have a number of my army buddies that has died or been messed up from possible shots
@@jeffblacky probably the chemical bombs. 9/11 also had chemical explosion allegedly nuclear and lots of people got very sick after with unexplained illnesses
Did you handle any radioactive munitions?
Very misleading title🤔. A video called, "The babies born deformed due to the Iraqi War", I would think would feature many different disabled children conceived during war time and I would expect such a video to discuss the supected CAUSES of said disabilities.
Instead I got an emotional tug at the heart strings type of video about one lil orphan and her lack of surgical treatment.
That's a fine video but imo doesn't really fit the subject of the title.
Thank you Journeyman for raising awareness and empathy.
I'll visit the links you have provided in the description 🙏
Bless all these that care for these poor children.
I am so saddened by all that I have been learning about the evils in our world. The women helping these children are magnificent.
God Bless all these Children
Absolutely heartbreaking.
I would totally rather adopt a child from Iraq than China or India
Did anyone see that caretaker body slam that child @5:34? Yeah, nice place!
J G Damn, she sure did, Smh...I know she wanted the child to lay down but with so much anger and force. Yeah, it's a beautiful place 🤦
I was about to say the exact se thing. She had absolutely no patience. :(
She did
I had to rewind it twice to make sure my eyes saw what I thought they saw! 😦😣😒 She needs a permanent vacation from working with children. She's burnt out and it happens especially in highly stressful and emotional jobs like this and nursing to name a few.
Yeah she drop her with so much forces like a pro it almost broke the bed. Whats she doing there she should be a pro wrestler and have the stage name "The Jihadist" and when she walks on stage she'll yell "ALLAH ACKBAR!"
At 5:31 I do not appreciate the way Farah was thrown down. Wtf?!
Lovely documentary
The women who work in the orphanage are truly women of God. They are so loving and accepting. Bless them!
Prays for Angel Farrah poor baby! May blissful peace be blown to all that help her!
Those children are wee darlings, God bless them.
This is so sad.Its heart breaking to think this poor child will live with these disabilities for the rest of her life.😭
Cut the crap on the ableism!! Farah is not a ‘poor child’ and disability is not a bad thing! Farah will face discrimination and barriers because of her disability, and her disability will make some things difficult, but it does not mean she is a pity prop or that living with a disability is inherently bad!!
This is breaking my heart..I cant imagine how it feels to be thrown away..
I cant say enough about these awesome woman helping these kids.❤ Bless them and these beautiful children and thankyou
I know what its like to suffer as a child PTSD through being orphaned, put in foster care and be put in multiple homes it follows you into adulthood as you never had a 'normal childhood because adults take it away selfishly they can't understand you, how broken you are amd give up' A replacement mother is a blessing for orphaned children in foster services, but it can never, never replace the warmth and unconditional love a Mother and a home away from an Orphanage can give a child.
Seeing her brings me to tears she's a beautiful blessing from god, its what is inside that counts. If I could afford to give her the procedures she needs for a better life and care for her and afford to go there I'd hold her in my arms tell her no cry, no cry little one I'm hear for you I won't leave you and adopt her and bring her home to my country and take care of her and possibly adopt a 2nd or 3rd child bassed on the financial situation.
Thank God Farra is alive what a precious little girl if anybody bullied her id kick their asses
Prenatal care, birth control, and sex education should be a higher priority than religion.
God bless all these innocent little angels. This breaks my heart.
Bless you sweet Farah. I pray that you will be helped. You are a special little lady.
The ladies in the orphanage are truly beautiful people 💜
What if Bush and Dick Chaney tour in that hospital hallway? And check on those children.
I am not saying this is the cause of Farah's deformities, but These type of deformities can also come from incest.
Shelia Bauer I think incest only happens in the west. There’s no such thing in any other places in the world. It might still happen but it’s not a common thing to the point where people have name or word for it. By having a name for it proves it’s common in the west.
Yes She'll a, I understand what your saying
What you wrote is just a thought you had,
As your not a scientist, your an everyday person that doesn't know when there's a child born of incest, these deformities that Farah suffers terribly from, are from toxic chemical poison that causes these horrific human and animal also vegetable deformities and health issues, The same as what happend in Chernobyl only that was radioactive destruction, still to this day babies and animals are being born with deformities and health issues there,
Babies that are born out out of incest have different types of abnormalities and deformities, Sometimes so minimal you wouldn't tell, Sometimes only mental issues, with no deformities, I think not % sure it depends on how close the family members were to each other as to how severe, I'm gonna research that one to be sure Cheers
NAILED IT Shelia. I am a scientist and a lot of this is from incestuous marriages.
@@amiedavis5257 you maybe as you claim a scientist of some sort, but your statement proves your deffintly not a genealogist,
Becuase that's rubbish, just not true
@@sareeyemanusqaame8723 Incest is very common in the middle east and inbreeding with cousin marriages
5:34 was a hard lay down
I’m glad those children have those loving women looking after them. The birth defects being caused by war is just heartbreaking.
Not all are from war, most of these people marry in the family and that causes a lot of deformity and mental illness.
Don't hide from the truth bc you're ashamed of what your people have caused. Work to fix it, not blame the victims.
She had a strong will to live...
Was Farah and the other babies deformities due to the DU (Depleted Uranium) used by the US in the war?
Us Uk used of depleted Uranium in this war!! It’s criminal and should be brought to justice!!!
Breaks my heart.
90% of what's on CZcams is trans related... There's so much history happening, now but genitals...we always devolve to genitals
What a beautiful little princess! I would love to see an update to see how's she's doing.
One lady told me from this country they should have fight for there leader. Instead of turning him over like a dog. For a sweet tongue of broken promises.
I hope with Farahs story being so publicized, that's she's well.
Hey People! There are 13 million people starving in Yemen!! what about have your sympathy and care = money for those....
Such a sad story I would love to know how she is today. What all happened with her. Poor baby. And yes that lady was very hard with how she put her down. 😢
Oh dear Jesus, help this little girl please. If i could give my life for her i would. Please God give this world an awakening to the harm they r doing to children. If we could all love each other, please, please help each other. Love is the only way.
He's playing the camera taking an interest.... how sad
I cant be the only person who knew that operation Iraqi freedom was B S, well before it even began.
Millions here in the UK protested and wanted nothing to do with it. We all knew instantly that there would be no weapons of mass distruction. But the PM was all for it.
wow this is truely SAD
These poor little Angels. God bless these poor innocent babies.
How come no one has to wear scrubs, caps, practice universal precautions??
How sad that a child has to wait to get medical care! It’s all bureaucracy baloney, this could all be done right away, she could get identification and a passport etc and send her out to get proper medical care! Stop worrying about all of the attention your getting on the media and care about getting your ppl health care damn it,,Your part of the problem,!