SLAIN MOTHER FLED SADDAM’S TORTURE IN IRAQ, ONLY TO BE KILLED FOR HER RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS

[kpete]

SLAIN MOTHER FLED SADDAM’S TORTURE IN IRAQ, ONLY TO BE KILLED FOR HER RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS | More details are emerging about Shaima Alawadi, the 32-year old head-scarfed California mother who was beaten inside her home and left with a note calling her a “terrorist.” The AP reports that Alawadi immigrated from in the early ’90s and became a U.S. citizen because her family was fleeing the torture of Saddam Hussein. A source said Saddam’s troops hanged Alawadi’s uncle, so they became refugees “and when they came here to seek freedom, she got killed.” In fact, El Cajon — Alawadi’s hometown in California — became one of the largest U.S. destinations for refugees. Iraqi authorities are now requesting that her body be returned for burial. The FBI is assisting the investigation into her death, which has been labeled a suspected hate crime.
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/03/27/452607/slain-mother-fled-iraq-killed-for-religious-convictions/

[Ecumenist]

1. SUSPECTED HATE CRIME??!! Really? They left a note saying why they did

what they did-what else do they need?

[snagglepuss]

3. It could be that she was murdered by someone she knew and the letter

is a ruse.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. This needs the same national reaction as the Sanford shooting. This is

another case of a 'hate crime' and right-wing thinking.

[mistertrickster]

4. Meanwhile, Christians are getting wiped out in Iraq

and the Fundy Cons who cheer-led the Iraq War don't seem to know or care.

Kinda like the Arabic-speaking Christians in Israel that are persecuted, driven from their homes, tortured and killed just like the Islamic Palestinians . . . not a problem if you're an American Fundy Con.