A New Zealand Family has been left devastated after learning that their beloved family member , Kadhem Chilab Abbas has died whilst helping fight the Islamic State in Iraq. Whilst originally from Iraq, Kadhem Abbas has been living in Napier since 2003, before he recently returnt for a short visit to Iraq in past months.
His return to Iraq was in response to a call from the Iraqi president for civilians to join the national army’s fight against uprising of IS militants. While he was originally going to just visit his Son, Abbas reportedly was compelled to joint he military fight after witnessing the atrocities being committed against innocent Iraqi individuals.
Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee commented that it was somewhat peculiar that someone who had fled warn-torn Iraq as a refugee would want to go back and fight. However he understands that everyone has certain freedoms to exercise and he stopped short in telling New Zealand citizens that they should not join the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq.
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