watson Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/07/iraq.kidnapped.boy/index.html FALLUJA, Iraq (CNN) -- Like many young boys, Khidir loves playing with toy cars and wants to be a policeman like his father when he grows up. But it was his father's very job that caused the tiny child to suffer the unimaginable. Khidir, now 8, was kidnapped and held hostage for two years by operatives with al Qaeda in Iraq. Khidir was just 6 years old when he was savagely ripped away from his family, kidnapped by al Qaeda operatives in Iraq. "They beat me with a shovel, they pulled my teeth out with pliers, they would go like this and pull it," said Khidir, now 8, demonstrating with his hands. "And they would make me work on the farm gathering carrots." What followed was even more horrific, an ordeal that would last for two years in captivity. Khidir and his father spoke to CNN recently, more than half a year after his rescue by Iraqi police. Video Watch boy describe torture » "This is where they hammered a nail into my leg and then they pulled it out," he says, lifting up his pant leg to show a tiny wound. He says his captors also pulled out each of his tiny fingernails, broke both his arms, and beat him repeatedly on the side of the head with a shovel. He still suffers chronic headaches. He remembers them laughing as they inflicted the pain. "I would think about my mommy and daddy," he replies, when asked how he managed to get through the agony. His father, Abdul Qader, struggles for words. "When he tells me about how they would torture him, I can't tolerate it. I start crying," he says. "What hurts me the most is when they hammered a nail into his leg." The father, a police officer, was sleeping at the police station in Falluja when his son was kidnapped. It was too dangerous to go home regularly. Although Falluja was no longer controlled by insurgents, assassinations against police were common. "I woke up to the sound of a huge explosion ... and then I heard my name on the radio. I ran outside and they came to me saying your house was blown up," he says. "When the police patrol came back, they all started kissing and comforting me," he continues. "I was asking, 'What's going on? Where is my family?' They told me that they took my son. This was a disaster. I went mad that day, I wasn't normal, I was hysterical." Khidir's grandmother was at home with the family at the time. "The kidnappers climbed the fence and kicked in the door," she says."They were screaming for Abdul Qader. I told them he's not here. They called me a liar and said we want his son. His son was hiding behind me, clutching my clothes. I said this is not his son. They hit me on the back with a rifle and ripped him out of my arms." The last thing she remembers were his screams of "Granny, Granny!" The attackers rigged the house with explosives and demolished it before taking off with the 6-year-old. The boy's grandmother and seven other family members rushed out of the home before it exploded. "The kidnappers called me on the phone and demanded that some prisoners that we had be released or they would slit his throat," Khidir's father says. "But I said no to the release. I would not put killers back out on the street that would hurt other Muslims. So I thought to myself, 'Let my son be a martyr.' " He even held a secret funeral for his little boy. He didn't want to tell the rest of the family that he had refused the kidnappers' ultimatum, allowing them to hope that he was still alive. Last December, nearly two years later, police in Taji, about 45 miles (70 kilometers) away, received a tip that terrorists were holding kidnapped children. "We thought that it was just a tip to ambush us, but we considered the mission as a sacrifice," said Iraqi police Capt. Khalib Ali. "Either we find the children and free them or face the danger and take the risk." The tip led the Iraqi police to a rundown farm and a series of mud huts. Khidir's tiny body was twisted abnormally. And in another hut, they found another child. Two children are still believed to be with the kidnappers. Al Qaeda in Iraq has historically kidnapped children for money, to pressure officials, and even to use in terrorist attacks. For Khidir's father, it was as if his son had come back from the dead. "He didn't recognize his mother or his grandmother," Abdul Qader says. "But then he saw me in uniform and ran to me. I went flying toward him to hug him. People said be careful; both his arms are broken. So I held him from his waist, and he hugged me, kissed me, smelled me, and then broke into a smile." advertisement The father flips through old family photos -- all they were able to salvage from their destroyed home -- and notes some of the kidnappers are still at large. He still fears for his son's safety, but says he won't quit the police force. "Never, never," he says. "If I leave the police force, if others leave the force, who will protect us from the terrorists? We are the only ones." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 "When the police patrol came back, they all started kissing and comforting me," he continues. WAT? I picture officer Dangle with a unibrow a black mustache and a turban doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnout Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 meet the newest american Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
`Melinoe Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 That's terrible. People who do that kind of crap make me sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twonpoo Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the graff giraffe Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 pretty fucked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UPS! Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Weak sause for the Terrorist if you ask me This boy just bodied their whole organization before his bedtime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stud Kickass Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 This Sand nigger would rather have his son killed than release a prisoner. Muslim people. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnout Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 religion ain't it great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twonpoo Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 This Sand nigger would rather have his son killed than release a prisoner. Muslim people. You idiot, the no negotiation policy is set for a reason. Why do you think no one is kidnapped in the U.S. demanding to free people in jails? Cuz they know it don't work. the kid came home anyway right? and it was prison-ERS they demanded. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delonemonkey Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Holy fuck. This kid is going to grow up and be the most bad ass cop ever. ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRUNKEN-ASSHOLE-ONER Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 "The kidnappers called me on the phone and demanded that some prisoners that we had be released or they would slit his throat," Khidir's father says. "But I said no to the release. I would not put killers back out on the street that would hurt other Muslims. So I thought to myself, 'Let my son be a martyr.' " What a fucking douchebag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRUNKEN-ASSHOLE-ONER Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 You idiot, the no negotiation policy is set for a reason. Why do you think no one is kidnapped in the U.S. demanding to free people in jails? Cuz they know it don't work. the kid came home anyway right? and it was prison-ERS they demanded. ^This guy's retardation never ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pissdrunkwhat?! Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 <=== El Delincuente Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FruityLexia. Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 The worse thing about this story is his never tried bacon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityonSMASH... Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Wild story. Definately thread worthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armand hammer Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 pretty sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XJONATHONX Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 waga daga bagala bagels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toiletseat Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 he will have some fucked up sex life involving much, much pain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHATEU Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 get this kid the freedom kit! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUSK Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 BACKA LACKA DAUCKA!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the radiologist Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 You idiot, the no negotiation policy is set for a reason. Why do you think no one is kidnapped in the U.S. demanding to free people in jails? Cuz they know it don't work. the kid came home anyway right? and it was prison-ERS they demanded. I gotta agree with twonpoo. That shit has to be the most hardest thing to do to let your son be a martyr for a greater cause. Kind of like if those prisoners did get released and ended up killing 50 people in a market bombing or some shit, families losing multiple children, not just one. They're in a war there, ridiculously tough losses are inevitable. Decisions like that are mind boggling when it comes to your own children. If his son died, the father would never forgive himself, but would still believe he did the right thing. Props to that little boy for being strong. And props to everybody that has to live in some fucked up country with ongoing religious wars lasting centuries to milleniums. You don't know how your mindstate would change if we were living in these situations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yinz n'at Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 The worse thing about this story is his never tried bacon. hahahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milesmoodist Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 i dont agree with twonpoo's view but i think the father made the right call.. 1 life to save many.. but i think father shoulda had granny trained with the ak if she was gonna baby sit for days at a time in a crazy land.. or set up an ambush for the trade, take all the crazies out at 1 time.. i dont know what i'd of done, train your whole family to fight to the death haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griteeth Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 even though its policy, i don't think i could still be cool with my pops if he was straight going to let me die for a cause. especially at that age when kids see just black and white. good thing we have G.W. to thank for opening our eyes to this kind of savagery. that whole region should have been LEFT THE FUCK ALONE. there's no logical thinking with the hadgis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsmbfan Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 So I thought to myself, 'Let my son be a martyr.' this is what's wrong with sand people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belmonts Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 SAND PEOPLE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stud Kickass Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 WEAPON X PEOPLE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButtMiester Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Fuck Tha police. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosingMyMind Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Allāhu Akbar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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