Murdered by Militia

An ardent student activist in the days of the 1998 pro-reform demonstrations, Fahmi Ahmad was killed last week in Iraq.

August 31, 2004

THE moon was just appearing from behind the clouds when father and son embraced each other. Fahmi Ahmad, 27, said his farewell and kissed the right hand of his father, Achmad Wani, 58, at the front yard of the Halim Perdanakusumah Airport, toward the end of last May. Fahmi was taking leave from his father before departing for Iraq. It was with a heavy heart, coupled with firm self-control, that the father let his son go. "May God protect

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