Tiba, 6, hugs a Soldier just before her trip home to Balad, Iraq. Tiba and her mother traveled to Portland, Maine, where Tiba received life-saving heart surgery as part of Operation Good Heart. Photo credit: Staff Sgt. Carl Hudson. Read more of Operation 'Good Heart' gives Iraqi girl a second chance at life /-news/2009/06/10/22384-operation-good-heart-gives-iraqi-girl-a-second-chance-at-life/ on / /

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