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| Muslim-American Captain Dies Trying to Stop Suicide Bombing |
| 2004-06-12 |
| From the Council on American-Islamic Relations His family says Capt. Humayun Khan, a Muslim and an American, loved his country and the military. He also believed strongly that peace would be the ultimate outcome of the war in Iraq. Khan did not live to see that outcome. The Department of Defense announced the 27-year-old was killed Tuesday in Baquabah, Iraq. It happened when suicide bombers drove into an American compound while Khan was inspecting soldiers on guard duty. Khan, who lived in Bristow, is the 20th Virginian to die in Iraq. "Instead of running, he stood foward to the oncoming taxi to prevent it from going inside," said Shahrayar Khan, who is 11 months older than his brother. "Even being in Iraq, surrounded by moral peril, I knew he would do the right thing. That he was there to protect and to save lives." ... Born in the United Arab Emirates, Khan grew up in Silver Spring, Md., and graduated from Kennedy High School in 1996. His family says he joined the ROTC to pay for law school. .... Being both American and Muslim, his family says Humayun was well liked in Iraq, where he was seen as a bridge between two cultures at war. .... |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #5 He was is a great friend of mine. He created an Iraqi program where the US Army would employ Iraqi civilians for $5 an hour, in a country where average monthly income is $60 a month. He did this because Halliburton who is in charge of providing services to the base would bring in foreigners for these jobs, but he convinced them to employ Iraqis. Everyone was asking why would iraqis do this, attack someone who is helping them become better, it turned out to be Jordanians who didn't have a clue as to what was going on. Ignorance is the devil. And them sheikhs or bloody scholars of islam encourage violence instead of education because then everyone will recognize they are nothing but horrible manipulators under the guise of Religion. |
| Posted by: Anonymous5244 2004-06-16 1:55:45 PM |
| #4 There is everything wrong in the Muslim faith. I know Muslims who are good men but this is not because but despite Islam. Read the Kuran and you will understand. |
| Posted by: JFM 2004-06-13 3:28:42 AM |
| #3 There is nothing wrong with the muslim faith. The problem is that more muslims take their faith seriously than other religions. Extremist christians and jews are just as nutty. There are just many many many less extremist in other religions than in Islam. |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2004-06-12 9:54:57 PM |
| #2 A Muslim dying in order to save life. A noble act regardless of his faith, and yet notable because of his faith. |
| Posted by: Anonymous5202 2004-06-12 8:49:58 PM |
| #1 Godspeed a brave man and God help his parents in their grief. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-06-12 6:20:01 PM |