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Fourth American killed in Manbij blast was a Syrian immigrant
 [Rudaw] Ghadir Taher, who emigrated to the United States from Syria, has been identified as the fourth American killed in the Manbij suicide kaboom.Her younger brother Ali told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Friday that the 27-year-old died from injuries sustained in the suicide attack on Wednesday in the northern Syrian city. Taher worked was an Arabic interpreter for Valiant Integrated Services, a defense contractor used by the US government, The New York Times  ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... confirmed. "Her smile lit up the room. She was kind," her brother told the Atlanta newspaper. "You could go on for hours, talking to her about your worries and about your troubles. And she would make them seem like they were hers." ISIS claimed the attack on the restaurant that killed two US soldiers, a civilian employed by the US Department of Defense, and Taher. "We are extremely saddened by the tragic and senseless passing of Ghadir Taher," Valiant front man Tom Becker wrote in an email to the Georgia-based newspaper. "Out of respect to her family, we will make no further comment at this time other than to say she was a talented and highly-respected colleague, loved by many, who will be dearly missed." US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... did not acknowledge the attack until Saturday morning when he tweeted that he would be going to Dover Air Force Base "to be with the families of four special people who bit the dust in service to our country." Brett McGurk, the former US Special Presidential Envoy to the international anti-ISIS coalition, resigned following Trump's announcement. He was appointed by former President Barack Obama teachable moment... He tweeted condolences and that the ISIS attack "was the first of its kind" against US forces since they began their operation in Syria in 2015. A reported five of the local Manbij Military Council (MMC) forces and at least nine civilians were also killed in the kaboom Local media ANHA named nine civilian victims, citing hospital sources. They are: Yasser Ahmed Khalaf from the village of Qara al-Sakira, Fadia Abboud and her daughter Sahar Melhem from Aleppo, Mohammed al-Ahmed who worked at the restaurant that was hit in the kaboom, Hassan Hankouri from Uom Jalud village, Yasser Khali Akazi from the al-Shahba region north of Aleppo, Raad Kurdi from the village of Haj Abdeen, and Hamza Shiyar and Wiso Fares who are both from the Kobane area. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-01-20 |
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