Iraqi Found Guilty In Daughters "Honor" Murder

[falcon]

An AZ court has found an Iraqi guilty of his daughters "honor" killing.

PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona jury on Tuesday found an Iraqi immigrant guilty of second-degree murder for running down his daughter with a Jeep because she had become too Westernized.

Faleh Hassan Almalelki struck and killed his daughter Noor Almaleki, 20, in a Phoenix valley parking lot in October 2009, and also injured her boyfriend's mother Amal Khalaf.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_arizona_iraqi

[LBR]

At least he was found guilty, but what's the difference in a "honor killing", "hate crime", and plain old murder? The girl is just as dead, the perp is just as guilty. Sounds like it was pre-meditated, but he got charged with 2nd degree. 12-52.5 years. Assinine.

Defense attorney Elizabeth Mullins painted Almaleki as a caring father who loved his daughter even though she caused him grief, crashing the family van and moving in and out of the house repeatedly.

Ok, now it makes sense. Kid crashes the car, gives you grief, so you kill her. Good thing that isn't common for teens/young adults to do to their parents.

Mullins said when Almaleki saw his daughter with her boyfriend's mother, he made a "split second" decision to drive by and spit at her, but instead veered out of control and struck the pair.

They only need to revoke his driver's license, maybe send him to anger management. She should serve time with him.

She said he left the scene because his family told him to,...

So he splatters his kid in the parking lot (split second decision), then confers with the family (in the car, on the phone?) and decides to split because they said so. I thought a devout muslim man was the head of his household?

...and later told police that if his daughter died he would kill himself.

Let him keep his promise. Wouldn't want to deny him his right to remain "honorable".

Following his daughter's death, Almaleki fled to Mexico and later to London, where he was taken into custody upon his arrival.

Just couldn't make time to kill himself while running from the authorities. He would have gotten around to it.

[falcon]

Sounds like it was pre-meditated, but he got charged with 2nd degree. 12-52.5 years. Assinine.

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It's always premediated. One of the guys i worked with in Saudi went home to Jordan and killed his daughter: He had talked about killing her for months. Yep, he got away with murdering his daughter.

It's hard to understand why the AZ jury gave the scumbag a break.

BTW: The Christian Arabs do it too.

[LBR]

BTW: The Christian Arabs do it too.

For the record, I believe that david koresh, jim jones, etc. referred to themselves as "Christian". They can label themselves anything they want, but it doesn't make it fact. They can call themselves eagles, but it won't give them the ability to fly.

Just trying to nip that one in the bud...probably won't work, but I thought I'd give it a shot anyway.

[falcon]

Just trying to nip that one in the bud...probably won't work, but I thought I'd give it a shot anyway.

There is nothing to nip in the bud.

To put in the context that i intended: Honor killings are a Bedouin/Arab tradition that predates Judaism, Christianity and Islam. i know a couple of Arab families in the middle east who have been Christians for nearly 2,000 years.

[LBR]

To put in the context that i intended: Honor killings are a Bedouin/Arab tradition that predates Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

I understand that, but there are some that will use your post out of context just to take cheap shots. That's what I wanted to end before it started. My point being is anyone who truly follows Christian doctrine would not be guilty of murder, "honor killing" or not.

[bergall]

Originally Posted by falcon

There is nothing to nip in the bud.

To put in the context that i intended: Honor killings are a Bedouin/Arab tradition that predates Judaism, Christianity and Islam. i know a couple of Arab families in the middle east who have been Christians for nearly 2,000 years.

and so when people come to the final decision that eradicating these vermin is in everyone's best interest, they can rest easy knowing that in their part of the world, there's no such thing as 'collateral damage'.