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Zahra: story of child shot in Iraq
Zahra: story of child shot in Iraq
Last Modified: 22 Mar 2008
By:
Lindsey Hilsum
We find out what happened to five-year-old Zahra, accidentally shot by US marines the day after the Americans entered Baghdad.
US soldiers had shot randomly outside Saddam's palace. Channel 4 News correspondent Lindsey Hilsum's translator heard a child crying and ran back with a five-year-old child called Zahra.
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The marines had fired at a car that was driving too close and shot the little girl in the head.
At the end of our week of special coverage, Lindsey Hilsum went to find out what happened to Zahra - five years on.
And you can hear more about Zahra by clicking the link below to Tim Lambon's slideshow.
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