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Boy, 12, Loses Legs In Roadside Bomb Attack
POSTED: 12:21 pm EST December 31,
2004
CLEVELAND -- A 12-year-old Iraqi boy arrived in Cleveland Thursday to receive medical treatment, reported NewsChannel5.
Ma-Jid Fadhill lost both his legs in a roadside bomb attack.The Palestinian Children's Relief Fund, based in Kent, is turning its attention to Iraqi children war victims. Fadhill is the first victim to receive free healthcare in the United States.Doctors in Cleveland will be fitting him for prosthetic legs.
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