"I thank Allah that [our son] attained what he sought. For 14 years he sought [martyrdom]. He always pointed to his head and wished that a rifle bullet would split his forehead, and we have been told that that is what happened." I am sure the U.S. Army was happy to oblige.
In fact, if this is the way those people think, I imagine we are going to be awfully accommodating in the future.
This is this kid's father talking here. I, for one, can't express my contempt at the kind of a man who would feel "joy" at the death of his son.
"The first strike on the airport by the coalition forces left thousands of soldiers dead. 'I went to the site where my friend Ziad was stationed and found it full of corpses.' At this point Abu Khaled's eyes filled with tears, 'this is his watch,' he said as he waved his hand towards me, while wearing Ziad's black sports watch." Ah.... how touching. Just a little corpse-robbing among friends...
I wonder how many other souviners he collected from his dearly departed "brothers".