Iraqi Boy Victim 'Ali' to get Best Artifical Limbs in Kuwait

Reuters ^ | April 20, 2003 | David Frost

[ewing]

The badly maimed Iraqi boy who became an icon of civillian suffering in the Iraq war will get the most sophisicated replacement limbs available, his surgeon in Kuwait said Sunday.

Doctor Ibrahim Ghaniem said 12 year old Ali Abbas, who lost both arms in a bombing raid on Iraq, was now out of danger. Doctors in Iraq had feared that Aabbas would die before he was airlifted last week to get specialist treatment.

'We are optimistic to provide him with a bio electric hand for the right and a prosthetic for the left, Ghaniem told the British Broadcasting Comany's 'Beakfast with David Frost' programme.

'We are in contact with the specialist center for artifical limbs. We are looking for the most sophisticated in the field,' he added, speaking from outside the hospital in Kuwait.

[ewing]

Wonder why this hasn't made the US Wire?

[arjay]

Do we know if it was our missile or an errant Iraqi missle?

[ewing]

Good point, still a nice human interest story though.

[WaveThatFlag]

In a related story, Juanita Broaddrick will be given a bag of ice to put on her mouth.

This is a very sad story, whether the missle was American or not. But it does not change the fact that the good done in Iraq outweighs the damage by far.

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Notice how they leave out the part that the media used him as a prop and only helped him when exposed them as the liars they are.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/15/wali15.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/04/15/ixnewstop.html

[freedomson]

Why'd you post that nice picture of some DU guy?

[Defiant]

Courage ought to quit posting til he fixes the problem.

[freedomson]

It'll take alot of surgery and psych counseling to fix THAT problem!

[COURAGE]

Sorry. The Webmaster has been informed.

[sharktrager]

What happens if the best limbs are already being used by someone. What will that guy do?

[trebb]

Do we know if it was our missile or an errant Iraqi missle?

I would have to think that either we don't know for sure, or it was Iraqi - otherwise CNN and others would not let it sit silent...

[yonif]

Wonder why this hasn't made the US Wire?

Cause the leftist media wants the picture of that boy suffering to remain in our minds.