Hundreds attend funeral of Indian-born U.S. soldier killed in Iraq
YAHOO NEWS ^ | 4th September, 2005
Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2005 12:24:15 PM by Paul Ciniraj
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AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - Hundreds of grieving Muslims on Sunday attended the funeral of an Indian-born U.S. soldier killed in a rocket attack in Iraq last month.
The body of 23-year-old Hatim Kathiria was flown to Dahod in Gujarat on Sunday, accompanied by U.S. officials and his wife, Lissy Jean-Pierre.
“He was my only son. His ambitions took him to the U.S. and then to Iraq. We lost him, but he died a martyr’s death,” said a grief-stricken Shirin, Kathiria’s mother.
More than 2,000 people thronged the streets of the Muslim-dominated town, south of the state capital, Gandhinagar, shouting “long live the Indian martyr” and showering flower petals on the wooden coffin.........
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