Members of the Al Hacham Al-Kasid Tribe gather around their tribal flag in their home village Suq ash Shuyukh, about 20 miles southeast of Nasiriyah, Iraq, Wednesday, July 30, 2003. The men were on their way to pay respects to a member of another tribe who was electrocuted Tuesday night. That man was a guest at the Istikbal, or homecoming celebration, for Malik Al-Kasid's family Tuesday. ..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 Rafha, Saudi Arabia and finally settled in Dearborn, MI. The family hasn't been home to Iraq in 13 years.
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