A letter From Baghdad

Dear All,

On the morning of Thursday, the 2nd of March, a car with three assassins inside, pulled beside Lt. Col. Air force pilot, Hussain Ali Marhoon, who was standing on the kerb with a friend awaiting the work’s bus not far from his home in the Yarmouk district of Baghdad; they shot them both, with one of the criminals getting out of the car to shoot him in the head from close range. Hussein Marhoon died instantly and his friend died in hospital in the afternoon. The incident took place about fifty meters away from two police cars who did not take any action against the assailants .

When we took him to the Baghdad mortuary, the attending doctor told us that he was the No. 20 victim so far that day; it was only nine in the morning!

Hussain was 41 years old , a handsome young man with blue eyes , fair complexion , tall and wide shouldered . He graduated as top of his 1987 air force college class , but did not undertake any active duties against anybody simply because the Iraqi air force was practically grounded during most of the subsequent period. Like all other Iraqi army officers, he was out of service since the occupation in April 2003 because of the dismissal of the Iraqi armed forces by Bremer. Six months ago he found a contract job with the housing association of the old war veterans commission, the job he was waiting to take the bus to when he was murdered.

He leaves a young widow, a 14 year-old son and a 12 year-old daughter, a grieving father and a heartbroken mother. He will be terribly missed by all his relatives, friends and associates . The crime was officially registered against " unknowns " and for " unknown " reasons ".

May God have mercy on his soul.
Falah The Taylor
Baghdad -- Iraq
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Comment by Wafaa: I received this letter recently via email from a friend in Baghdad.