Al Qurna, Iraq - Republic of
INJURED IRAQI BOY IS STRETCHERED TO A BRITISH PUMA HELICOPTER IN IRAQ.
The father of a 13-year-old Iraqi boy named Achmed, holds his son's
injured arm, as medics from Britain's 1st Battalion The Parachute
Regiment stretcher him to a helicopter in Al Qurna, Iraq, April 14,
2003. Achmed's right hand was blown off and his body peppered with
fragmentation wounds after he picked a piece of unexploded ordnance.
The boy and his father were evacuated by an Army Air Corps Puma
helicopter to a British field hospital in Kuwait. REUTERS/POOL/Chris
Ison
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