Belgian Doctors Bill U.S. for Treating Iraqi Girl

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=12&u=/nm/20050428/ts_nm/iraq_belgium_dc">Belgian Doctors Bill U.S. for Treating Iraqi Girl

Belgian doctors sent an Iraqi girl home on Thursday after treating her for leg wounds caused by a bomb during the U.S. invasion -- and sent the 51,570 euro ($66,650) bill to the U.S. embassy.

"We haven't heard from them yet," said Bert De Belder, coordinator of the humanitarian agency Medical Aid for Third World which brought the girl to Belgium.

"I'm curious to know their reaction," he told Reuters. "We're giving them 10 days to respond ... I don't think they will pay it."

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De Belder said he sent the bill to the U.S. embassy because international law dictated that an occupying force was responsible for the well-being of the country's people. U.S. embassy officials were not immediately available for comment. ($1=.7737 Euro)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=12&u=/nm/20050428/ts_nm/iraq_belgium_dc

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This story makes me proud to be of Belgian stock. :D

I hope the US does pay, but I also doubt they will. The Bush Administration has shown repeatedly that they do not care about international law.

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