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Whereas the Ministry of Health of Kuwait has agreed to care 
for the orphaned Ali; 
Whereas Dr. Ahmad al-Shatti, spokesman for the Ibn Sina 
Hospital for Specialized Surgery, which has expertise in 
burn surgery, expressed welcome for Ali on behalf of the 
hospital; 
Whereas Ali was successfully medically evacuated by United 
States military airlift from Baghdad, Iraq, to Nassiriya 
for medical tests and then to Kuwait City, Kuwait, on 
April 15, 2003; 
Whereas doctors at the sophisticated Saud A. Albabtain Cen-
ter for Burns and Plastic Surgery at Ibn Sina Hospital 
immediately provided medical care to stabilize Ali and 
then performed surgery to treat his burns; and 
Whereas the Government and people of Kuwait are providing 
medical supplies and hospital assessment missions in 
Iraq, supplying water pumped through a pipeline they 
laid to the Iraqi city of Umm Qasr, and operating the 
Kuwait Humanitarian Operations Center, where the 
United States military coordinates relief operations with 
nongovernmental organizations, United Nations agencies, 
and the Government of Kuwait: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress of the United States—
(1) formally expresses its gratitude to the Gov-
ernment of Kuwait for its magnanimity in receiving 
Ali Ismaeel Abbas, for providing Ali life-saving med-
ical care, and for undertaking to provide for his 
long-term recuperation and rehabilitation;
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(2) commends the Government and people of 
Kuwait for their support of and welcome for Ali and 
other wounded children of Iraq; 
(3) conveys the goodwill of Congress and the 
people of the United States that has been engen-
dered by the medical assistance, water, and other 
humanitarian aid that the Government and people of 
Kuwait have provided their neighbors; 
(4) encourages the Government and people of 
Kuwait to continue their humanitarian efforts; and 
(5) expresses firm confidence that such humani-
tarian action will not only help heal the wounds of 
Ali, but will also restore comity between Kuwait and 
Iraq and within the region and deepen the friendship 
between the peoples of Kuwait and the United 
States.
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Sabah personally called for Ali to receive medical treat-
ment in Kuwait; 
Whereas the Ministry of Health of Kuwait has agreed to care 
for the orphaned Ali; 
Whereas Dr. Ahmad al-Shatti, spokesman for the Ibn Sina 
Hospital for Specialized Surgery, which has expertise in 
burn surgery, expressed welcome for Ali on behalf of the 
hospital; 
Whereas Ali was successfully medically evacuated by United 
States military airlift from Baghdad, Iraq, to Nassiriya 
for medical tests and then to Kuwait City, Kuwait, on 
April 15, 2003; 
Whereas doctors at the sophisticated Saud A. Albabtain Cen-
ter for Burns and Plastic Surgery at Ibn Sina Hospital 
immediately provided medical care to stabilize Ali and 
then performed surgery to treat his burns; and 
Whereas the Government and people of Kuwait are providing 
medical supplies and hospital assessment missions in 
Iraq, supplying water pumped through a pipeline they 
laid to the Iraqi city of Umm Qasr, and operating the 
Kuwait Humanitarian Operations Center, where the 
United States military coordinates relief operations with 
nongovernmental organizations, United Nations agencies, 
and the Government of Kuwait: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
Concurring), That the Congress of the United States—
(1) formally expresses its gratitude to the Gov-
ernment of Kuwait for its magnanimity in receiving 
Ali Ismaeel Abbas, for providing Ali life-saving med-
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ical care, and for undertaking to provide for his 
long-term recuperation and rehabilitation; 
(2) commends the Government and people of 
Kuwait for their support of and welcome for Ali and 
other wounded children of Iraq; 
(3) conveys the goodwill of Congress and the 
people of the United States that has been engen-
dered by the medical assistance, water, and other 
humanitarian aid that the Government and people of 
Kuwait have provided their neighbors 
(4) encourages the Government and people of 
Kuwait to continue their humanitarian efforts; and 
(5) expresses firm confidence that such humani-
tarian action will not only help heal the wounds of 
Ali, but will also restore comity between Kuwait and 
Iraq and within the region and deepen the friendship 
between the peoples of Kuwait and the United 
States.
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