Ali Ismaeel Abbas, 12

I don't have a picture of this young Iraqi boy, and perhaps it's for the best:

The United States says it is taking precautions to avoid civilian casualties, but Baghdad's hospitals are packed to overflowing with wounded residents of the capital.

One of them is Ali Ismaeel Abbas, 12, who was fast asleep when a missile obliterated his home and most of his family, leaving him orphaned, badly burned and missing both his arms.

"Can you help get my arms back? Do you think the doctors can get me another pair of hands?" Abbas asked. "If I don't get a pair of hands I will commit suicide," he said with tears spilling down his cheeks.

So Bush, can you help him get a new pair of hands? Blair? Aznar? Karimov? Can Haliburton "rebuild" his arms?

Anyone?

Update:

Posted April 07, 2003 12:20 AM | Comments (321)