Baby winning fight for life in Lebanon

[tocqueville]

By KATHY GANNON, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 32 minutes ago

TYRE, Lebanon - Only two hours old, Raad fought for his life in an ambulance that screamed along a treacherous, bombed-out stretch of road out of the heart of southern Lebanon's war zone.

His shock of black hair was still matted with blood from his birth and his frail body was swaddled in a blanket when ambulance drivers brought the barely 3-pound infant from the village of Tibnin to the Najem hospital in the port city of Tyre.

He was born two months early, delivered by Caesarean section at a smaller hospital in Tibnin after his mother fled her home village. Tibnin, some 12 miles from Tyre, has been thronged by thousands of refugees from nearby villages, escaping heavy Israeli bombardment in the area.

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Held gently in Daeg's arms, Raad was silent, his eyes wide, as she said, "We want him to be like the Hezbollah rockets when he grows into a young man — a fighter against Israel."



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[pooja]

1. Welcome to the world!!! fight and struggle all the days you are born.

[Little Star]

2. He sure is cute. I wish his mom

would hope for a better life for him. It must be sad to be so hopeless and angry.

[Fridays Child]

3. His mother gave birth to him but it's the U.S. and Israel...

... that have created one more "jihadist."

Edited to add that, under any circumstances, I hope the little guy makes it.

[mystique]

5. Gosh...

That's an adorable baby. Too bad he was born under horror.
Sorry little fellow...:-(

[malaise]

4. What a little cutie

Fight Raad, fight to survive -life is all there is. Welcome to our sick planet:hug: