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| Canadian Doctor Wants to Adopt Ali |
| 2003-04-19 |
| Edited. Dr. Falah Hafuth [an Iraqi-Canadian doctor] was moved to tears when he saw the pictures of the Iraqi boy who lost both arms in a coalition air strike. Now he wants to adopt the child and bring him to Canada, [to raise him alongside his own three children]. The missile attack on Baghdad ... killed his [Ali's] pregnant mother, father, brother and 12 relatives. Dr. Hafuth has been practicing emergency medicine for about three years. He was educated in Iraq but left the country in 1984. Dr. Hafuth is currently appealing to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien for assistance in bringing the boy to Canada. What do ya say Murat? Murat??? |
| Posted by:RW |
| #2 Good for the boy - well, in a very relative way, anyway... -. As for the Murat-teasing (Tm), Ali 's already shamelessly been used by the antiwar mvt, I hope he won't be hijacked by the hawkish types ("See? We're very humane!"). Still, it speaks lot that he was first aided by an hindu, then by a (iraqi) north american. Despite the close-ups on his face and his missing arms, it was not a middle-eastern compadres (or one of our estimed french noble soul, fot that matter) that actually helped this poor kid. Easier to hate and be resentful, especially when others pay the price, perhaps? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-04-19 11:27:45 |
| #1 Good for the boy - well, in a very relative way, anyway... -. As for the Murat-teasing (Tm), Ali 's already shamelessly been used by the antiwar mvt, I hope he won't be hijacked by the hawkish types ("See? We're very humane!"). Still, it speaks lot that he was first aided by an hindu, then by a (iraqi) north american. Despite the close-ups on his face and his missing arms, it was not a middle-eastern compadres (or one of our estimed french noble soul, fot that matter) that actually helped this poor kid. Easier to hate and be resentful, especially when others pay the price, perhaps? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 4/19/2003 11:27:45 AM |