A jury convicted an Iraqi immigrant of second-degree murder Tuesday for running over and killing his daughter in a case termed an "honor killing" by prosecutors who said the father carried out the attack because he believed his daughter had become too Westernized.http://azstarnet.com/news/state-and-regional/article_10b903c5-1fe5-5a6f-a6b5-12eebfdd520f.html
Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 50, also was convicted of aggravated assault for injuries suffered by the mother of his daughter's boyfriend during the October 2009 incident in a suburban parking lot, as well as two counts of leaving the scene of an accident.
Maricopa County prosecutors told jurors during the trial that he mowed down Noor Almaleki, 20, with his Jeep Cherokee because he believed she brought dishonor to the family. He had wanted her to be a traditional Iraqi woman, while she refused an arranged marriage, went to college and had a boyfriend.
This is the mind set we're fighting.
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