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  • Little Ali rearmed for life

    10/13/2003 11:11:49 AM PDT · by knighthawk · 12 replies · 145+ views
    The Australian ^ | October 14 2003 | Peter Wilson
    Ali Ismail Abbas's dream has come true - he has been fitted with a new pair of arms. It will be a few months before he can fully use the prosthetics, but the 12-year-old Iraqi has made startling progress since losing his arms - and his parents - in a US missile attack on Baghdad just six and a half months ago. Getting new arms and "being whole again" was the first in a long list of goals he set himself, which still include driving a car, eating with a spoon, brushing his teeth and eventually supporting his six sisters...