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<p>Ali Ismail Abbas, a 12-year-old boy who became the face of Iraqi civilian suffering during the U.S.-led war against Saddam Hussein, has made a strong recovery from the wounds he suffered when an errant American bomb hit his Baghdad home.</p>

Ali gets treatment in Kuwait16/04/2003 12:45  - (SA)   Kuwait City - A 12-year-old Iraqi boy who lost both his arms and was orphaned in a US missile attack on his home in Baghdad was receiving emergency treatment in Kuwait on Wednesday after a high-profile campaign to save his life. Ali Ismail Abbas was flown to Kuwait City overnight and taken to the emirate's specialised Al-Babtain burns centre where doctors said he was undergoing blood transfusions and surgery to place skin grafts over his horrific injuries. Later, if all goes well, he is to be fitted with prosthetic arms designed to give him...

Iraqi boy airlifted to burns unit Medical staff say Ali's condition deteriorates every day A young Iraqi boy who lost both his arms and most of his family in a coalition air raid is due to arrive in Kuwait to begin specialist treatment for his injuries. Ali Ismail Abbas, who is 12, has left the Baghdad hospital where he was being treated and has been flown to the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya where he will be airlifted to Kuwait, arriving around 2000 GMT, US media reports say. Ali will be nursed "as long as he needs the treatment" in...

ALI Ismail Abbas, the Iraqi boy who lost his arms and both his parents to a US rocket, was being evacuated last night from the Baghdad hospital where he faced certain death. Doctors feared the 12-year-old would die from his injuries. But The Daily Telegraph stepped in to arrange his rescue – an airlift to Kuwait City, where there are better medical facilities. The Kuwaiti Government has agreed to organise treatment for the burns that cover more than a third of his body. Last-minute preparations for the mercy flight were being made early today. The mission was organised by The...

Ali Ismail Abbas, the 12-year-old Baghdad boy who lost his arms in a US air strike, yesterday accused the media of letting him down. He does not want sympathy. Speaking with fluent indignation, in his grimy ward in Chewader hospital, he demanded to know why numerous promises that he would be treated in the West had not been kept. Ali Ismail Abbas: 'Please take me out of Iraq to be cured' "The journalists always promise to evacuate me - why don't they do it now?" he asked, his brow furrowed with pain and glistening with sweat. "Please take me out...

During the last week of the conflict in Iraq, the British press has given few Iraqis as much ink as Ali Ismail Abbas, the badly burned 12-year-old who lost his mother, his father and his arms during an American airstrike. His story is profoundly and obviously tragic... In today’s Daily Telegraph, Ali Ismail Abbas finally hits back: "'The journalists always promise to evacuate me - why don't they do it now?' he asked, his brow furrowed with pain and glistening with sweat." Day after day, reporters and camera crews have wallowed into Ali’s view, making promises they can’t keep.

You've broken your word, says Baghdad boy who lost his armsBy David Blair in Baghdad (Filed: 15/04/2003) Ali Ismail Abbas, the 12-year-old Baghdad boy who lost his arms in a US air strike, yesterday accused the media of letting him down.He does not want sympathy. Speaking with fluent indignation, in his grimy ward in Chewader hospital, he demanded to know why numerous promises that he would be treated in the West had not been kept.   Ali Ismail Abbas: 'Please take me out of Iraq to be cured' "The journalists always promise to evacuate me - why don't they...

Appeals have been launched in response to public demand to help an Iraqi boy who lost both arms in a missile blast. Newspapers and a charity reported hundreds of emotional messages from the public after a picture of Ali Ismail Abbas was published. The 12-year-old lost both arms and was badly burned when a missile destroyed his family's shack, killing his parents and eight relatives. He is being treated in north Baghdad's al-Kindi hospital, which is under severe pressure from casualties and only has access to rudimentary medicines. Doctors believe that time could be running out for the youngster, whose...