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Iraqi child, 8, welcomed
2006-01-07
by Anna C. Irwin
of The Daily Times Staff

An 8-year-old Iraqi girl, her huge brown eyes wide with wonder, was greeted at McGhee Tyson Airport Friday night by many of those responsible for bringing her to East Tennessee for medical treatment.

Gufran Alayass and her father, Abdul, spent several weeks in Jordan after leaving Iraq, then traveled more than 6,400 miles from Amman, Jordan, to New York's Kennedy Airport, by ground to La Guardia Airport, then back in the air to McGhee Tyson.

The Delta flight was ahead of schedule and several members of Maryville's First United Methodist Church did not reach the arrival area in time to join in the applause that welcomed the little girl and her father.

Eight-year-old Samantha Ousley, the daughter of WIVK Radio personality Gunner and his wife, Laura, gave Gufran a teddy bear, and a second cuddly bear was provided by First Methodist co-pastor Brenda Carroll. More than two dozen church members were in the welcoming party, which also included two interpreters, Dr. Rick Glover and his wife and other well-wishers.

Members of the 278th Regimental Combat Team stationed near the Alayass home in Iraq initiated the effort to bring the little girl to the United States for treatment of spina bifida, a birth defect which has crippled her. The Maryville church provided funds to bring her here. Gufran and her father will stay with Gunner and his family while she is treated at Children's Hospital in Knoxville.

Her hospital treatment is being provided through the Faith Welch Fund established in memory of a child from Belize who underwent surgery at Children's Hospital four years ago but did not survive. Surgeons who will try to help Gufran are donating their services.

Glover, a pediatrician who is coordinating Gufran's medical care, said the visitors would rest from their long journey before the little girl's condition is evaluated and a treatment plan developed.


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SIN, you *do* realize that Knoxville is in the US and that the 278th is an American combat unit, right? And that a US church is footing the bill for her travel while other US citizens are donating their surgical skills at no charge?

Seems a bit out of character for you to be shedding a positive light on such folks.


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"Out of character"!!!! to say the least Cat Mo would have expected a Chavez/Belafonte story from the King of Socialism! laugh

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SIN....don't fall off the wagon...take your meds....viva Morales, Chavez, and Castro...sober up buddy you're slipping!

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Your angle of response proves why wars will continue on into my great-grandchildren's futures. People can not see through their own child raised ignorance.

The point behind the story was the young Belizean child who had died but was able to lend a small part in helping the sick young one from Irag. Yes, a country who was invaded by a ugly thug and no doubt has murdered hundreds of innocent civilians, makes 9/11 look like a picnic.

Get a grip on life and help dethrown the anti-christ GWB.

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I do undaerstand it is an attempt to put a positive spin on what has been another military injustice by the "world's self-appointed policeman".

Murder is murder.

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There. That's more like it. wink


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