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Family of Turk Killed in Iraq to Open Case against U.S.
The family of Faysal Demir, a Turkish truck driver who lived in the Reyhanli district of Hatay (a Southern Turkish city), is preparing to file a lawsuit in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against the U.S. because Demir was killed during a firefight in Iraq earlier this summer while transporting cargo for the U.S. Faysal Demir lost his life during an attack in the surroundings of Ramadi on June 18th. The victim's father said that nobody has undertaken serious efforts to locate the perpetrators. He indicated that the family has had to settle for the information given by the Musluoglu Transportation owner Ali Ausluoglu, Iraqi translator Amir Adnan Aziz, and another truck driver, Abdurrezak Cemiloglu. Demir's father continued: "There were four people in the vehicle, but my son is the only person who received a mortal injury and lost his life. Two others received only leg injuries, and a third survived unscathed. This makes me think a lot. I still cannot understand why they carried out such an attack." The elder Demir points out that he becomes even more upset when he hears claims that Americans killed his son. "I wish my son had been killed while serving for Turkish soldiers or by the Iraqis. Perhaps, we would be less upset then. But the claim that Americans killed him while he carried cargo for them makes me really upset." The brother of Faysal Demir, Mahmut Demir, said he was collecting some information in Iraq to open a case seeking compensation from the U.S. Posted by: Murat 2004-08-30 |
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