Published 6/15/2008
at FOXSports.com News for NBA
The children drew pictures of women with babies being shot in the back by soldiers, of helicopters and planes dropping bombs.
Those pictures and the faces of the children who drew them remain sharp in the mind of Ira Newble, the Los Angeles Lakers forward who visited two refugee camps in Chad last August and heard stories from victims of the deadly conflict in Sudan's Darfur region.
"They watched their family members being shot. They drew what they saw," Newble said. "It was emotional.
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The children drew pictures of women with babies being shot in the back by soldiers, of helicopters and planes dropping bombs. Those pictures and the faces of the children who drew them remain sharp in the mind of Ira Newble, the Los Angeles Lakers ...
