Arundel, Maine - A community in Maine is working to raise money to bring an injured Iraqi girl to the United States for surgery. The 6-year-old was shot when a bullet fired by a U.S. soldier hit the car she was riding in.NECN’s Marnie MacLean has the story. [Click for video]
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A 5-year-old Iraqi girl was riding with her father through the city of Heet in the fall of 2006 when an explosive bullet fired by a U.S. soldier penetrated the roof of their car and struck her head.

The bullet shattered bones and ruptured her cerebral membrane. After four surgeries in Iraq, Noora Afif Abdulhameed needs a prosthetic replacement for skull bone, as well as plastic surgery.

She’ll be getting both in Portland this spring, thanks to the efforts of a group of southern Maine residents who have obtained commitments of free treatment and surgery at Maine Medical Center.

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The young woman’s voice was hard to hear over the phone, and she spoke in her native tongue.Even so, Monica O’Neil and Mary Younan of Chico were thrilled to actually hear Noora, an injured 19-year-old Iraqi woman they’ve been working to help since October.

Through an interpreter, O’Neil and Younan were able to communicate with Noora directly Wednesday morning, thanks to a conference call arranged by No More Victims, the group they’ve been working with. (more…)