Iraqi woman mourns her husband, a US soldier

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http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2007/July/focusoniraq_July48.xml§ion=focusoniraq&col=

RAEFORD, North Carolina -- Maj. James Ahearn met Lena during his second tour of Iraq, converted to Islam to marry her and brought her home to the United States.

Two years later, the Iraqi woman is mourning the death of her husband.

Ahearn, 43, was killed Thursday in Baghdad when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb. And Lena Ahearn said she is left feeling ashamed that her husband died in her country at the hands of her people.

Ahearn, a member of the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade at Fort Bragg, was on his third tour of Iraq when he was killed. He had served in the Army for 18 years and was supposed to retire in 2009.

“Jimmy was the greatest gift I ever had,” Lena said from the couple’s home near the Army post where she lives with their 17-month-old daughter, Kadi. “I will never regret marrying him for two years and moving to the United States.”

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1. Another intolerably sad story, to add to so many others.

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