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Hamza Firas Khuzai

From the news reports:

When the Americans first arrived, Hamza, the conscientious youngest son among six children, had stayed behind, according to his family. He had been helping his father repair a car. ...

"Hamza had something different from other kids -- he loved to work," said his brother, Firas, 22.

Firas displayed a gold jewelry box that Hamza had given their mother for Mother's Day, with a battery-powered red light illuminating the box's heart-shaped frame. "He worked to buy this for her," Firas said. "Even I didn't do that." ...

But he also liked riding his bicycle and playing soccer, and dreamed of growing up to be an engineer, family members said.

WP 20 Jul 2005

Age 11
Sex Male
Nationality Iraqi

Recorded in IBC incident k1599

Location: Al-Jedidah, Baghdad

Date: 13 July 2005