Baby Flown From Iraq for Burn Treatment
From Times Wire Reports
An Iraqi baby who suffered serious burns in a fire at her home near Basra arrived in Britain for medical treatment, a Defense Ministry spokeswoman said. The blaze was not caused by military action against Iraq, she said.
Six-month-old Mareyam Ailan flew with her parents aboard a British military plane to Cyprus, and then joined injured British soldiers on a charter flight to Liverpool.
Her parents asked British forces for help when Iraqi doctors could not treat her severe burns. She was in intensive care.
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