NOTES FROM ACADEME

A Gentle Man in a Brutal Place

By BETH MCMURTRIE

A boy lies on a metal gurney, his arms held tightly down as a doctor inserts a tube into his narrow chest to suck blood from his lungs. No anesthetics are available, explains the narrator, as a hand-held camera records the 6-year-old screaming in pain. The war in Iraq has overwhelmed the meager resources of Baghdad's...

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