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Amenah Thabit, 2, smiles aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft, March 7, 2008, after she and her mother, Maha Muhamed Bandar, right, returned from the United States where Amenah had heart surgery. Amenah's father, Al'a Thabit Fattah, left, welcomes them home to Haditha, Iraq. A U.S. Marine discovered Amenah on a routine patrol and fellow Marines helped raise money to send her and her mother to the U.S. for treatment.

HEARTFELT RETURN

Amenah Thabit, 2, smiles aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft, March 7, 2008, after she and her mother, Maha Muhamed Bandar, right, returned from the United States where Amenah had heart surgery. Amenah's father, Al'a Thabit Fattah, left, welcomes them home to Haditha, Iraq. A U.S. Marine discovered Amenah on a routine patrol and fellow Marines helped raise money to send her and her mother to the U.S. for treatment.

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