IVAW is proud to announce a working partnership with an organization called No More Victims. The mission of No More Victims, a non-profit, non-sectarian, humanitarian organization, is to restore health and well being to victims of war and to advocate and educate for peace.
No More Victims is currently helping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl named Israa Abdul Amir. Israa was severely injured in a missile attack conducted by the US military on the morning of January 25, 1999. She had just finished a test at the Al Najed primary school and was walking home from school when the missile struck. A large piece of shrapnel severed her right arm below the shoulder and she suffered chest and abdominal wounds. A metal fragment remains lodged in her skull, a souvenir of the American Empire; doctors could not remove it for fear of killing her. Israa was nine years old.
Since coming to the U.S., Israa has received a prosthetic arm and rehabilitative treatment. She and her father will be flying to Los Angeles for further treatment at the end of November. On Dec. 8th, there will be a benefit event in Los Angeles, at which local IVAW members will be attending.