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Wadhar Handi

From the news reports:

He and the other tank gunners had killed two Iraqi civilians, he was told, brothers who ran a family tannery that sold half-finished leathers to luxury fashion houses in Italy. ...

Beside their temporary grave today, Ali Rashid Handi, 40, described the family's farm in the Doura district south of Baghdad, their comfortable home in the city, and their frequent trips to Europe and the United States ...

The older of the two victims, Wadhar Handi, left a widow, a woman he married only 45 days ago, Ali Rashid Handi said, and she was already pregnant.

NYT 11 Apr 2003

Age Adult
Sex Male
Occupation Tannery owner
Nationality Iraqi
Marital status Husband
Parental status Unrecorded

Recorded in IBC incident x045

Location: Highway 1, Baghdad

Date: 6 April 2003 - 7 April 2003