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Arabia
Qatar Bomber's Action Baffles Family, Friends
2005-03-25
Visibly distressed, Muhammad tossed his head in disbelief as he talked of how his friend's promising life ended in disaster. His friend was identified as the perpetrator of last Saturday's car bombing that killed a Briton outside a theater near a British school in Doha. "This is unbelievable," Muhammad said. "He was an ordinary person and never sounded like an extremist or someone who has a different religious or political ideology." Muhammad added that his 39-year old friend, Omar Ahmad Abdullah Ali, had only interests related to his computer studies and his work and always planned for having a potential career.

Ali's mother nodded in agreement, and said that after her son graduated from the Computer Engineering Department in Cairo, he immediately decided to go to Saudi Arabia to find a better, rewarding job. "He did not even think of moving to Qatar until his elder brother moved there and found a good job for him at Qatar Petroleum." Ali had worked in the information technology department of the energy firm since 1990, his mother said. "He had everything he wished for: A nice Palestinian wife born in Qatar, three cute kids and a job with a very good salary. "He was also very happy when he got a baby last month and he was planning to visit Egypt this summer so that I will be able to see the baby," the mother told Arab News. The mother said her son called last week to tell her he was fine and confirmed his summer visit. "My son sounded very normal in the phone call and was giving me details of his next trip," said the mother.
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