It is irreprehensible that the US kills families, children and creates all this sadness...
Once I asked a little girl what the Eid al-Fitr feast at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan meant to her. Her answer was: a new beautiful dress, new shoes, a nice gift, candies, balloons and some pocket money to buy extra sweets and enjoy the day at a playground.
It was pretty pure and simple – a child’s dream of how to enjoy a day.
Many families mark the end of the month of fasting by bringing their children to simple playgrounds with local made swings, slides, seesaws, and sometimes manual ferris wheels.
SLIDESHOW: Celebrations mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan
On Friday, in the northern city of Tuz Khormato where kids must have been laughing while innocent smiles spread across their faces as they swung and slid down slides – a vendor approached selling homemade sweets.
But the vendor was not the ordinary one, he was a suicide bomber hiding an improvised explosive device (IED) inside his cart full of sweets.
The attack killed a boy and his father, and wounded another 20 children.
The smiles turned to tears, wounds and sorrow.
What was the message that the terrorists wanted to send beyond killing and injuring children? I asked myself and couldn’t find an answer other than don’t ever cheer up.
* The names of local journalists are not used to protect their identity.
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