This really made me cry

[Rine]

I can't even imagine what pain this child went through...

How could someone do that to a little boy?

Warning: this is graphic content.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/...ef=mpstoryview

[CanadaGirl]

Oh my god... that poor little boy There goes his entire childhood... and now he'll probably grow up a very unhappy man...

[XCashier]

How could anyone do that to a child? A CHILD!!! A five-year-old boy, who couldn't possibly have done them any harm! What could possibly justify this action?!

And now the poor kid is mangled for life, and the perps are out there on the loose. Wish there was a way to get him help outside Iraq, maybe a good plastic surgeon and physical therapist.

[Rine]

Good news. A non profit organization is going to fly him to the United States so he can receive treatment.

There is also a place where people can donate money. I think I'll probably make a donation.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/...olo/index.html

I'm glad that he's going to get help now.

[MoonChild2007]

As much as I am pissed that these jerks would do this to a little boy, I am more pissed at the mother!

""He's become spiteful, I am not sure why," said his mother, Zainab. "He is jealous of everyone. If I say the slightest thing to him, he cries. He's sensitive."

The kid was doused with gas and set ablaze! How the heck do you expect him to act? Also, this kid is 5 years old and probably will be tormented by OTHER kids for the rest of his childhood!

How very insensitive for the mother to say that, imo.

[GingerBiscuit]

However, it looks like things are going to be ok, the childrens burns foundation is going to help.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/...olo/index.html

[Phoenix79]

I hope that isn't the mother's first and last name at the bottom of the before photo . . .

This almost made me cry, too. Poor kid. Glad he's going to get the help he deserves!!

Phoenix