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Charity worker slain in iraq { October 10 2006 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061010/NEWS05/610100459 http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061010/NEWS05/610100459 Published: October 10. 2006 1:53PM Metro Detroit Charity official slain in Iraq Southfield group had been raided by FBI last month October 10, 2006 FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER The program director in Iraq for a Southfield charity raided last month by federal agents was shot dead in Baghdad, charity officials said Monday. Abdul Sattar, 43, ran several humanitarian programs in Iraq for the Muslim charity, Life for Relief and Development, which is headquartered on 10 Mile Road in Southfield. Charity officials said that at about 11 p.m. Friday, Sattar was approached at his home by armed men who told him to leave his house by 10 a.m. Saturday or they would blow it up and kill him. Sattar packed his belongings and left home Saturday morning, said Khalil Jassemm of Ypsilanti, Life for Relief's chief executive. But less than a mile from his home, Sattar was stopped by three cars and shot several times, said Ihsan Alkhatib, a Southfield official with the charity. It's unclear who shot Sattar, charity officials said. The area has been plagued by sectarian violence. "This is extremely hard on us," Jassemm said Monday. "It's very, very hard." Jassemm recalled last meeting Sattar in May in Jordan. Both were concerned about the increasing violence inside Iraq, he said. "He looked in my eyes, and said, 'We may never meet again,' because he knew how dangerous Iraq is," he said. Alkhatib remembered Sattar as a "wonderful man ...who smiles all the time." At Life for Relief's office in Baghdad, employees were in tears, said Adil Nuaini, a charity official. Sattar and his wife had four children, and his wife is expecting another child, Nuaini said. It's unclear if there is a connection between the raid last month and Sattar's slaying. The FBI was not available for comment Monday. Charity officials have said the raid might have been related to an investigation of the group's work in Iraq. Life for Relief, one of the largest American Muslim charities, distributes aid in Iraq and other countries around the world. Charity officials said they hope to continue their humanitarian work in Iraq. Contact NIRAJ WARIKOO at 248-351-2998 or nwarikoo@freepress.com.

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