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Honor Killing Dad: 'Daughter Deserved Death'  

Posted May 11, 08 11:11 AM CDT in Crime,  World    Most Covered

(newser) – The Iraqi father who suffocated and stabbed his 17-year-old daughter has only one regret over her honor killing: That he didn't murder her "the instant her mother delivered her." "Speaking with a foreign solider, she lost what is the most precious thing for any woman," Abdel-Qader Ali tells the Guardian.

Rand, a student at Basra University, had become infatuated with a British soldier named Paul. Their relationship consisted only of a few conversations, which Abdel-Qader said brought shame on his family. Although he was arrested, police quickly freed him. "The officers were by my side, congratulating me on what I had done," he says.

Source Guardian (UK)

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Honor Killing Dad: 'Daughter Deserved Death'
The father who murdered his daughter for speaking to a British soldier says that "everyone knows that honour killings sometimes are impossible not to commit."   (AP Photo)
Honor Killing Dad: 'Daughter Deserved Death'
"Honor killings" are not uncommon in Iraq, where police generally do not prosecute men for murdering female relatives who "bring shame upon" their family.   (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Honor Killing Dad: 'Daughter Deserved Death'
Rand Abdel-Qader was buried in a makeshift grave as her uncles spat on her body in disgust.   (KRT Photos)
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