A wounded girl's painful road back A 6-year-old Iraqi sniper victim and her father endure months of
tests and procedures leading to the surgery they hope will heal her.
Noora's journey
An Iraqi girl injured by a sniper arrives in Portland for reconstructive surgery. Young Mainers greet the patient with gift baskets, good wishes.
Noora Afif Abdulhameed was injured Oct. 23, 2006, in Heet, Iraq, when a U.S. sniper fired from a rooftop toward the family's car. The bullet destroyed tissue on the left side of Noora's head and her forehead, ruptured her cerebral membrane, and shattered part of her skull.
No More Victims, a nonprofit organization that brings war-injured Iraqi children to the United States for medical treatment brought the six-year-old and her father, Afif Abdulhameed Otaiwi to Portland in July.
For updates or to donate money for her care, or the care of other wounded Iraqi children go to No More Victims.