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October 10, 2006
It is with great sadness I report that Abdul-Sattar Abdullah Al-Mashhadani, Director of Programs for Life for Relief and Development in Baghdad was killed at a checkpoint run by one of the sectarian militias on Saturday. He was buried yesterday. There is an article below.
You will recall that in September the Southfield office of LIFE as well as the home of the executive director Khalil Jassemm was raided by FBI, IRS, joint task force on counter-terrorism and local police. In September, the NGO coordinating Committee in Iraq released figures that 73 aid workers had been killed in Iraq since the invasion in 2003.
73 Aid Workers Killed since 2003
NGO Coordinating Committee in Iraq
Federal Agents Raid Islamic Charity (19 September)
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Aid worker for U.S.-based Muslim charity killed in Iraq
Associated Press (9 October 2006)
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) - A key staffer for a Muslim humanitarian organization based in suburban Detroit was slain in his native Iraq, the group said Monday.
Abdul-Sattar Abdullah Al-Mashhadani was killed Saturday at a checkpoint run by one of the sectarian militias in Baghdad, Southfield-based Life for Relief and Development said in a statement.
Al-Mashhadani, 43, was the director of programs for the group's Baghdad office. He oversaw projects including the opening of medical clinics, renovating schools and completing a major water treatment plant project in southern Iraq in partnership with UNICEF.
Al-Mashhadani was the first Life staffer to be killed during the sectarian violence in Iraq, spokesman Mohammed Alomari said.
Survivors include Al-Mashhadani's pregnant wife, four children and three brothers. He was buried Monday.
"Our staff members in Iraq are really risking their lives everyday to do the badly needed humanitarian work that the country desperately needs," said Khalil Jassemm, the charity's chief executive. "In the end, Abdul-Sattar paid the ultimate price. He will be greatly missed."
FBI agents assigned to a terrorism task force searched Life's Southfield offices on Sept. 18, seizing computer servers, donor records and other financial documents. They also searched the homes of the charity's chief executive, an ex-employee and two board members.
No charges have been brought in the case. Life has sought to reassure the Detroit area's Muslim community that it is legal to donate money to the organization, which was founded in 1992 by Iraqi immigrants.
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