CNN: Baby Noor back in Iraq

Baby Noor back in Iraq
Thursday, June 29, 2006


Baby Noor, shown in a June photo provided by Childspring International, has returned to her family in Iraq.

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Baby Noor, the 9-month-old Iraqi girl who was brought to the United States for lifesaving medical treatment after being discovered by U.S. soldiers in Baghdad, is back at home.

The baby was released by doctors in Atlanta, Georgia, and began her journey home on Monday, said Christina Porter of Childspring International, the charity that arranged the trip.

Noor arrived in Iraq on Wednesday on commercial and military flights.

She was discovered last year during a raid on her family's home by soldiers from the Georgia Army National Guard's 48th Brigade. She suffered from spina bifida, a birth defect in which the spinal vertebrae do not form completely around the spinal cord. She came to the United States in December and underwent multiple successful surgeries beginning in January at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta....

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Baby Noor will most likely not regain the use of her legs and will have to use a wheelchair. But she is expected to be healthy otherwise.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/06/29/baby.noor/index.html

Oh oh, she's in a wheelchair. Soldiers already killed one person in Iraq who was in a wheelchair.

The question then becomes, will they plant a gun or shovel on her?


And here I thought I couldn't get any more cynical.

She is a cute baby, I hope she stays safe and does O.K.

or the "terrorist laden" al-Anbar Province. :(

Kill, maim 1,000's. What kind of parity is that?

I guess killing is more exiting.