対イラク武力行使

「Women are rarely filmed at such occasions, and they appear only in distant glimpses.」


Children, mainly boys, sit on their fathers' laps; men smoke an Arab water pipe,
finger worry beads and chat with one another. It looks like a typical,
gender-segregated tribal desert wedding.

As expected, women are out of sight, but according to survivors, they danced
to the music of Hussein al-Ali, a popular wedding singer hired for the festivities.
Mr al-Ali was buried in Baghdad on Thursday.

As the musicians played, young men milled about, most dressed in traditional
white robes. Young men swayed in tribal dances to the monotonous tones of
traditional Arabic music.

Two children a boy and a girl held hands, dancing and smiling. Women are rarely
filmed at such occasions, and they appear only in distant glimpses.

General Kimmitt has denied finding evidence that any children died in the raid
although a "handful of women", perhaps four to six, were "caught up in the engagement".

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-1121445,00.html