We call ourselves American?

Hussein Hamoud, age 15, from Tyre: “I am a now a refugee because of the war between Hezbollah and Israel, and Israel has tortured us, and destroyed our homes, and killed our children . . . I’ve seen everything. I’ve seen killing and destruction - everything. We were sitting in our house [in Tyre] when suddenly Israel bombed a factory for manufacturing medicine that is near where we live. First thing, this factory has maybe more than 40 workers. This factory helps a lot of people. It isn’t related to war or to weapons. When they bombed, pieces from the bombs came to our home too. At the same time they bombed a building, and in this building there were a lot of killed people and injured, and some were my relatives. One of them killed was my friend . . . If Hezbollah is destroyed it will be easy for Israel to cross our borders at any time, and there will be no one to resist . . . Israel crossed our borders, and entered to our towns, and killed a lot, and destroyed a lot. This was not for self-defense . . . I want to say something to George Bush: Ask Israel to cease-fire and stop destroying our homes. And for the Americans, if they are not believing what is happening here, to come and see for themselves. They will have the proof . . ."