Wounded Iraqis cope with lifelong scars
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For generations to come, Iraqis will have to cope with the physical and mental scars of tens of thousands of people severely injured in the violence of the past four years.
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A year after coming home from Iraq, AJ Jefferson is still fighting the war in eerie nightmares about the bomb that left him and two comrades seriously wounded. The 21-year-old soldier was diagnosed severe post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. Now he is re-running the attack in his nightmares. "I have the dreams every night," he said. "My brain will not let go of it."
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N'DJAMENA  - Charles de Gaulle Avenue, the Chadian capital's main business street, bears the scars of war.
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At times, they feared for their lives. They spent many days with blindfolds pressed against their eyes. Their Iraqi captors were convinced they were spies or proselytizers of Catholicism.
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When the members of a National Guard unit finally returned from Iraq in July, they were met with tears, hugs and signs reading "Welcome home." But for some, the return hasn't been easy after living so long with the camaraderie of their unit, the structure of military life and the dangers of war.
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LANDSTUHL, Germany - Wounded US servicemen bore scars of a fierce battle for the Iraqi city, and told of a city teeming with heavily armed fighters who roamed the streets in small groups and fired from rooftops and mosques.
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A new documentary about Abu Ghraib reopens a particularly painful Iraq war wound.
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by JEREMY REDMON of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Mosul, Iraq. Two GIs desperately carry their wounded buddy between them, dragging him from the shattered remains of what had been a bustling mess hall in Iraq.
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US troops injured in Iraq have required limb amputations at twice the rate of past wars, and as many as 20 percent have suffered head and neck injuries that may require a lifetime of care, according to new data giving the clearest picture yet of the severity of battlefield wounds.
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The soldiers in The HBO documentary âAlive Day Memoriesââ the title refers to the day they sustained, and survived, their injuries â express a range of feelings, from anger to emotional distress.
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In a marker of the Iraq warâs longevity, children too young to remember losing a parent in action are growing up.
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SULAIMANIYA, Iraq  - Fed up with car bombs and   death threats, Lazem Hamid, an Iraqi doctor from one of   Baghdad's most violent neighborhoods, decided one day to pack   his bags and take his family north to Kurdistan.
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ABCâs Bob Woodruff tells his story of surviving an explosion in Iraq with candor and restraint, then focuses on those who return and do not heal as thoroughly.
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Youssif is finally able to smile again after extensive reconstruction surgery. The 5-year-old burned Iraqi boy is adjusting well, playing happily whenever he gets a chance. His parents still struggle with the attack that left their son so badly hurt.
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The Iraqis who signed up to help the Americans are losing faithâand often their lives. One family's story.
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BAGHDAD -- In a city with few real refuges from sectarian violence -- not government offices, not military bases, not even mosques -- one place always emerged as a haven: a hospital .
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Few stories have touched CNN.com users like that of 5-year-old Youssif, an Iraqi boy set on fire by masked men. A U.S. burns center has offered to pay for all his medical expenses. When told of the news, the boy ran through his house in joy: "Daddy, am I really going to get on a plane?!"