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When troops from the Georgia National Guard raided a Baghdad home in early December, they had no idea that their mission in Iraq would take a different turn.
As the young parents of an infant girl nervously watched the soldiers search their modest home, the baby's unflinching grandmother thrust the little girl at the Americans, showing them the purple pouch protruding from her back.
Little Noor, barely three months old, was born with spina bifida, a birth defect in which the spinal column fails to completely close. Iraqi doctors had told her parents she would live only 45 days.
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A study of 81 Irish mothers of children with neural tube defects revealed significantly higher blood levels of homocysteine during pregnancy than seen in 323 mothers of normal children. The excess of homocysteine appears to result from inefficient conversion of methionine.
Previous studies have demonstrated conclusively that women who take folic acid near the time of conception greatly reduce their chances of bearing children with neural tube defects. Related studies have also shown that women with lower than normal blood levels of folate and B12 are more likely to bear children with neural tube defects.
However, many mothers of children with neural tube defects have normal B12 and folate levels during pregnancy. This suggests the presence of a metabolic abnormality rather than a simple vitamin deficiency might be involved in the development of such birth defects, the researchers note.
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Originally posted by SwearBear
The baby probably got the birth defect from those depleted uranium shells you used during the war.
talon
Maybe the truth is hard to deal with but yes these weapons do have adverse affects on the population and yes they are delivered by the US war machine.
Originally posted by 27jd
Kind of what I expected though, from some of our resident "America dislikers" who would rather see a baby die so they can point out how monstrous the evil U.S. truly is
Originally posted by SwearBear
Oh, again with the "You're an anti-american!". That's so old, you should really try something new. Something that's more hip, perhaps
For the record, I don't dislike America. I just don't support the Iraqi war.
Comprende, amigo?
The first of a series of operations for Baby Noor, an Iraqi infant who has severe birth defects of the spine, was successful Monday, a hospital spokesman said.
Three-month-old Noor al-Zahra was "doing well" and was in recovery Monday morning at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, said hospital spokesman Kevin McClelland.
www.foxnews.com...