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April 2, 2012

Iraqi-American Woman Beaten to Death in U.S. Buried in Iraq 
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An Iraqi-American woman beaten to death in an apparent hate crime near
San Diego has been laid to rest in her native Iraq. Thirty-two year-old
Shaima Alawadi died last week just days after she was brutally attacked
in her home. Alawadi was found lying in a pool of blood next to a note
saying, "Go back to your country." She was a mother of five children,
ranging in age from eight to 17. Her daughter, Fatima al-Himidi, and her
husband, Qassim Kadhim, were among the family members who accompanied
her body back to Iraq for the funeral.

Fatima al-Himidi: "What I saw was a lot of blood, she was severely
beaten at her eyes and brain. They threw a letter reading "Go home, you
terrorist."

Qassim Kadhim: "I moved to the new house four months ago. The owner of
the house told me to watch out for some people here, asked me not to
open the door. I asked, why? He told me that some people talked in a bad
way here and also threatened the Muslim family who lived in this house
before."



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