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Encyclopedia > Luqman Mohammed Kurdi Hussein

originally from Dahuk (Kurdish region of Iraq). Translator working for the Titan Corporation in San Diego.


Beheaded in Iraq. Al Jazeera reported his death on 11 October 2004. The Army of Ansar Al-Sunna was named as perpetrators of the killing.


See also

Decapitation


  Results from FactBites:
 
Translator hired by Titan beheaded by insurgents | The San Diego Union-Tribune (592 words)
Hussein was wearing a Titan security badge at the time of his execution, and Titan confirmed he was working as a contractor posted to a U.S. Army unit in Baghdad.
According to postings on the Internet that accompanied the videotaped executions, a group known as the al-Tawhid Lions captured Hussein Oct. 5 while he was on the road to Baghdad from the western city of Ramadi.
Ansar al-Sunna accused Hussein of being a U.S. "spy," adding that he had admitted to participating in the questioning of jailed Iraqi rebels as well as assisting in U.S. raids of homes in Ramadi.
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