Unlike Iran, Maybe Iraq Will Admit Israel's Help

Iran denied it received help from Israel in the Thailand plane crash. Iraq may not be as shy:

Israeli doctors screened 40 Iraqi children suffering from heart disease yesterday - a rare case of direct cooperation between the Jewish state and the Arab country.

..."But the Iraqis we met here have been very receptive and cooperative, which makes me believe that the animosity and war aren't between the people," Houri said as he and two colleagues screened the Iraqi children, who range in age from a few months to 14 years.

And if there is anyone for these Iraqis to fear, it is not the Israelis:

Mustafa's mother, a Kurdish woman who identified herself only as Suzanne because she fears reprisals from militants in Iraq, said traveling to Israel made her "anxious. Not because I'm going to a country considered an enemy of Iraq, but because I'm afraid of retribution by Iraqi militants, by the terrorists back home."

Of course, most of the children are Kurds, who have a history of friendship with Israel--which helps.

Anyway, the Israeli doctors say they hope helping Muslim patients like this will help bring Jews and Muslims together.

That leaves about 1,126,324,960 more to go.

[Hat tip: Hot Air Headlines]

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