Husband arrested in Calif. killing of Iraqi woman that made waves as possible hate crime

[Valin]

Fox News:

11/10/12

 

EL CAJON, Calif. – Eight months after the beating death of an Iraqi-American woman that drew international attention because it appeared to be a hate crime, the woman's husband has been arrested on suspicion of her murder.

 

Police in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon announced the arrest Friday of Kassim Alhimidi, 48, and described the killing as an act of domestic violence.

 

The March killing of 32-year-old Shaima Alawadi made waves around the world after the couple's 17-year-old daughter told reporters that she found a note by her mother's bludgeoned body that read: "Go back to your country, you terrorist."

 

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[pollyannaish]

Ah yes, the rest of the story.

[Rokke]

Oh. It was just a husband killing his wife. That's not a hate crime. Under sharia law, its an obligation. Glad everything worked out.

[Valin]

San Diego Muslim man arrested for brutal murder of his wife was US Army Islamic cultural adviser

Patrick Poole

11/11/12

 

One lost detail following the arrest on Friday of Kassim Alhimidi in San Diego, charged with bludgeoning his wife to death with a tire iron last March, was that Alhimidi was reportedly a former Islamic cultural affairs officer for the U.S. Army (HT: Daniel Greenfield[).

 

The San Diego Union-Tribune reported:

 

Alzaidy said her father and Alawadi’s husband had previously worked together in San Diego as private contractors for the U.S. Army, serving as cultural advisers to train soldiers who were going to be deployed to the Middle East.

 

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[nickydog]

Hopefully now the soldiers deployed to the Middle East who were trained by this guy understand Islamic culture.