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Ali Al-kasid shows off his Russian-made BKC machine gun during the Istikbal, or homecoming celebration, held in honor of his uncle Malik Al-Kasid's family Wednesday, July 30, 2003. The celebration lasts three days with tribal chiefs, family and friends coming and going each day. ..The Al-Kasid family fled Iraq after the Gulf War and their part in the uprising against Saddam Hussein in 1991, spent 3 years in Rafa, Saudi Arabia and finally settled in Dearborn, MI. The family hasn't been home to Iraq in 13 years. After their participation in the 1991 uprising, Saddam Hussein's forces burned the Al-Kasid family Motheff, along with their cars, to the ground.

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Iraqi Exiles Return Home 2003
Ali Al-kasid shows off his Russian-made BKC machine gun during the Istikbal, or homecoming celebration, held in honor of his uncle Malik Al-Kasid's family Wednesday, July 30, 2003. The celebration lasts three days with tribal chiefs, family and friends coming and going each day. ..The Al-Kasid family fled Iraq after the Gulf War and their part in the uprising against Saddam Hussein in 1991, spent 3 years in Rafa, Saudi Arabia and finally settled in Dearborn, MI. The family hasn't been home to Iraq in 13 years. After their participation in the 1991 uprising, Saddam Hussein's forces burned the Al-Kasid family Motheff, along with their cars, to the ground.
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