Head surgeon fields questions on Iraqi boy's surgery

Head surgeon fields questions on Iraqi boy's surgery

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Dr. Tetsuo Hida answers questions regarding the surgery of 10-year-old Mohamad Haytham Saleh. Two Japanese journalists covering the Iraq war arranged for the boy's procedure before being killed in an ambush. (Kyodo)

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