Iraqi boy who lost arms needs specialist treatment to save life

MEDICAL staff treating an Iraqi boy who lost both his arms in a coalition bombing have said he may die unless he is immediately flown out for specialist treatment.

A nurse at the Saddam City hospital in Baghdad where Ali Ismail Abbas, aged 12, is being treated, issued a direct plea to coalition leaders.

Fatin Sharhah’s letter to US President George W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair read: “The situation is desperate. He will die if he stays.”