New arms for orphan Ali

[hussar]

Young Iraqi war orphan Ali Ismail Abbas has said he wants to hug his sisters, after being fitted with prosthetic arms in Britain.

The Daily Mirror reported that he was fitted with the two artificial limbs at Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton, south-west London, which specialises in working with amputees.

The 13-year-old lost both arms and suffered 60 per cent burns in a coalition attack on Baghdad early in the Gulf War which claimed the lives of his parents, a brother and 13 other family members.

Ali, who has six sisters living in Baghdad, told the newspaper: "I'm all here now. My arms feel good. I didn't think they'd look this good.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3186842.stm

[Drifter]

1. What a brave little boy ...

Ali,

I am sorry. The pResident of my country is an asshole, and a majority of the people here did not vote for him, or support the war.

He is responsible for your injuries and the death of all of your family members. I know there is nothing that can be said to ever replace what you have lost (or rather what was taken away from you).

Please forgive my country, we were wrong.

Cheers
Drifter

[arcane1]

2. but now Bush is a hero

:puke:

for giving this poor kid some fake arms to replace his original Ba'athist terrorist arms..


doesn't Carlyle invest in medical technologies, too? F*ucker probably made a buck or two from the whole ordeal...