Iraqi Woman Critically Beaten in Calif. (Has Died); Threat Note Left at Scene

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23. The daughter is the one who is speaking to the media, apparently.

Alawadi, a mother of five, had been hospitalized since her 17-year-old daughter found her unconscious Wednesday in the family's house in El Cajon, police Lt. Steve Shakowski said.
The daughter, Fatima Al Himidi, told KUSI-TV her mother had been beaten on the head repeatedly with a tire iron, and that the note said "go back to your country, you terrorist."
Addressing the camera, the tearful daughter asked: "You took my mother away from me. You took my best friend away from me. Why? Why did you do it?"
Police said the family had found a similar note earlier this month but did not report it to authorities.

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I don't know why Susan Smith comes to mind...but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't thinking of that terrible business.

The daughter is apparently an all American girl, born in the USA, since Mom had been living in the USA for TWENTY years--way before Iraq became "war torn."

Al Himidi said, "A week ago they left a letter saying this is our country not yours you terrorist, and so my mom ignored that thinking it was just kids playing a prank. But the day they hit her, they left another note again, and it said the same thing."
Al Himidi told 10News nothing was stolen from the home, and the only motive must have been hate.
Al Awadi immigrated to the United States from Iraq nearly 20-years-ago.

http://www.10news.com/news/30753601/detail.html