Originally Posted by Jordyn

" 'We can't bring him back, but we want them to pay'

Rory McCarthy in Baghdad
Thursday December 9, 2004
The Guardian

It has been nine months since Najim Abdullah Hamid was shot dead as he drove up to a US military checkpoint on his way home.

Despite repeated requests by his relatives, no one from the Iraqi or US military authorities has agreed to investigate or accept responsibility.

His death, at around 9pm on March 7, has gone unnoticed save in the family's small apartment in Saydiya in south Baghdad"


"His younger brother, Ali, was a soldier under Saddam Hussein and his elder brother, Muhammad, worked in the regime's high-level presidential offices, though both still receive pensions."

ulterior motives?

"The family believe their brother stopped when he saw the Americans and the driver behind, who was in a Daewoo saloon car, braked too late and shunted into the back of the Mercedes."

the family believes...

the point is that so many people are going on second hand information and biased accusations that i don't believe anyone knows the exact situation...

what article are you reading?

Originally Posted by Article

The family took a sworn statement from an Iraqi soldier who had been at the checkpoint with the Americans and from another driver who had been directly behind him in the queue of traffic near the Jadriya bridge, in central Baghdad.

The family believe their brother stopped when he saw the Americans and the driver behind, who was in a Daewoo saloon car, braked too late and shunted into the back of the Mercedes.