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Son kills father who translated for US in Iraq
20 June, 2010
Al Qaida-linked insurgent kills father for refusing to quit job as interpreter for US army
An Al Qaida-linked insurgent shot and killed his own father as he
slept in his bed for refusing to quit his job as an Iraqi interpreter
for the US military, police said, a rare deadly attack on a close
family member over allegations of collaborating with the enemy.
The attack happened on a particularly bloody day in Iraq, with at
least 27 people killed nationwide in bombings and ambushes on Friday
that largely targeted houses of government officials, Iraqi security
forces and those seen as allied with them.
Hameed Al Daraji, 50, worked as a contractor and translator for the
US military for seven years since shortly after the US-led invasion
that toppled Saddam Hussain in 2003.
He was shot in the chest about 3am while sleeping in his house in
Samarra, a former insurgent stronghold north of Baghdad, police Lt.
Emad Muhsin said.
Authorities arrested the son and his cousin, saying the young men
apparently were trying to prove their loyalty after rejoining the
insurgency. Police were also looking for another son who allegedly took
part in the attack.
Citing confessions, police said the son whom they arrested, Abdul
Halim Hameed, 30, was a former member of Al Qaida in Iraq who quit the
terror network in mid-2007 under pressure from US-Iraqi security
operations that have led to a sharp drop in violence in the area.
Col. Hazim Ali, a senior security official in Samarra, said Hameed,
his 19-year-old cousin and 24-year-old brother remained committed to
extremist causes.
With US troops withdrawing from the country, Ansar al-Sunnah, an
insurgent group with ties to Al Qaida, recently lured the men into
their ranks with offers of hard cash, Ali said.
The US military said it was looking into the report.
Source: Gulf News
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