Posted on 07/04/2006 11:22:22 AM PDT by Fletch357
Jabron Hashmi, the British Muslim soldier killed fighting the Taliban
British Muslim victim Lance Corporal Jabron Hashmi. Photograph: Mod Crown Copyright/PA
Jabron Hashmi was born in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, just under an hour from the Afghan border. Last Saturday, after a journey that had taken him from Peshawar to Birmingham, and from civilian life to the military, he died on the other side of the border in Sangin, southern Afghanistan, the first British Muslim soldier to be killed since the "war on terror" began five years ago. The family of L/Cpl Hashmi, killed alongside Corporal Peter Thorpe in a rocket-propelled grenade attack, said the 24-year-old had joined the army because he wanted to "build bridges" between Britain and the Islamic world.
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Condolences to the British soldiers and their families.
Hemland seems to have gotten fairly hot of late.
Condolences to his family.
He's hardly unique, though. There are several hundred thousand Iraqis fighting alongside us, too. Their contribution is just as important and their sacrifice no less noble.
Prayers for this young man, and condolences to his family.
"There are several hundred thousand Iraqis fighting alongside us, too. Their contribution is just as important and their sacrifice no less noble"
A very good point. Unfortunately some on here refuse to see it.
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