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Salee on Democracy Now

2008-07-09T19:49:30Z

Salee, her father Hussein, and Cole Miller on Democracy Now with Amy Goodman, October 20, 2007.

For more information, check out Salee's blog, the Mother's Day for Peace website, and No More Victims.

Salee Says Goodbye to Greenville, For Now

2008-07-09T19:27:30Z

After several surgeries and a fitting for prostethics, Salee Alawee can walk again. This 10-year-old Iraqi girl has spent the past three months in Greenville, South Carolina not only seeking medical attention, but finding her confidence and charisma again.

Salee will be returning home in the next couple of weeks. She says, she is most looking forward to giving her mother a great big hug. But as Salee leaves the United States, she certainly won't lose all the friends she has made in Greenville. Through the generosity of Shriner's Hospital, Salee will return to Greenville every 18 months until she is 18 years old to be refitted for new prosethetics as she grows.

Thanks again to everyone who contributed to the Mother's Day for Peace campaign which helped fund Salee's travel and recovery. Cole Miller of No More Victims will be escorting Salee and her father back to Amman, Jordan in the next couple of weeks.

While in Amman, Cole will meet up with Abdul Hakeem and his father for their journey to Pittsburgh. Abdul Hakeem is the young boy who Brave New Films sponsored for our Father's Day For Peace campaign. This will be his second visit to the United States for continued medical treatment.

If you would like to contribute or get involved, please visit www.nomorevictims.org.

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July 23rd Salee Story

2008-10-06T12:42:52Z

We arrived in New York earlier this month. Salee and her father are now in South Carolina, and we have every hope that she'll be walking again soon with the aid of double prosthesis.

In this video you'll learn first hand what happened to Salee and her family, about the November day when a US missile took Salee's legs and killed her brother and one of her best friends.

The failure of the media to tell stories such as Salee's has deprived the American people of the ability make informed judgments about US foreign policy. The rest of the world, and particularly people in the Middle East, see these stories every day on the evening news. The information deficit in
the United States has had disastrous consequences. Democracy cannot function when citizens don¹t know what's happening.

But there is reason to hope. A progressive Christian community in South Carolina learned about Salee and made a commitment to help her. Similar projects could generalize in the U.S., and communities all over the country could mobilize to help war-injured Iraqi children.

Despite the failure of the media to cover the human side of the war in Iraq, nearly two thirds of the American people oppose it. If stories like Salee's were being covered with anything like the attention they deserve, remaining support for the war would evaporate.

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Salee Arrives in Greenville, South Carolina

2008-07-09T19:49:23Z

For those of you who donated to our Mother's Day For Peace campaign, you will be excited to hear Salee has arrived safely in Greenville, South Carolina this week!

Salee and her father had been in Amman, Jordan for the past month and a half with Cole Miller and Maki Al-Nazzal of No More Victims while waiting for visas to enter into the United States.

Salee is scheduled for surgery this week and will be in Greenville for several months while she is fitted for prostethics legs.

To learn more about No More Victims or to donate to their cause, please visit their website at: www.nomorevictims.org.

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Cole Miller talks about No More Victims

2008-10-06T12:42:54Z

Cole Miller talks about the important and life changing work of No More Victims

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