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The war in Iraq has cost 72-year-old Abid Hassan Hamoodi dear. The large family he once proudly headed was all but wiped out when aircraft from the US-led forces mistakenly bombed his Basra home.
I lost 10 of my family. I once lived in that house with six other relatives, now I am alone.
Just before the invasion started much of my family came to stay in my home, it being made of reinforced concrete and very strong.
There was my doctor son, my daughter - a microbiologist and her three sons. My other daughter is a medical consultant and she came with her infants.
We all slept in a very safe place at the back of the house, my bed was just a few metres away from the rest.
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We were hoping the coalition would come to Iraq, but not to kill us. We are not the army, we don't live in an army base. I have spent my life away from politics.
I have never interfered with Saddam and he has left me alone to live with my family, bring up my children and educate them.
Now the coalition has killed a family of highly qualified people, irreplaceable people for Iraq.
The coalition has got what it wanted, it has liberated the country. But as far as I am concerned, my loss is too great to accept.
