Duaa Raheem

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Duaa Raheem (born c. 1997, died 6 April 2003 in Karbala) was one of several tens of thousands of civilians killed by U.S. aerial bombardment during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. She died at the age of six, and is notable as one of 35 civilians reported by Time magazine (on 3 May 2003) and BBC News 24 television (on 5 May 2003) to have been killed by cluster bomblets following bombing of the city.

According to Time magazine, Duaa was being taken to fetch water by her mother, Samira Jabar, a farmer's wife then aged 30, following two days in hiding due to the bombing. Duaa found an unexploded cluster bomblet and brought it home to the family's kitchen. When she twisted a screw on the bomblet it exploded, killing her and her three-year-old sister Duha, and severely injuring her eight-year-old sister Saja.

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• Weisskopf, Michael. "Civilian Deaths: The Bombs That Keep On Killing", Time, 3 May 2003. Retrieved on 2006-09-03.
• Named and identified victims of the war in Iraq (PDF) 103. Iraq Body Count project (February 2006). Retrieved on 13 September 2006.
• Reported civilian deaths resulting from the US-led military intervention in Iraq 87. Iraq Body Count project. Retrieved on 13 September 2006.
• Note IBC incident code: x072