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US election: 'Cruel' Trump claim annoys Muslim family
Source: BBC
US election: 'Cruel' Trump claim annoys Muslim family
27 October 2016 US Election 2016
Republican Donald Trump has been criticised by the family of a dead Muslim soldier after saying as president he would have kept him alive.
"Had I been president, Captain Khan would be alive today. We wouldn't have been in this horrible, horrible mistake, the war in Iraq," he said.
The soldier's father, Khizr Khan, said it was a "cruel" remark.
He is campaigning for Hillary Clinton, who makes her first joint appearance with First Lady Michelle Obama later.
Mr Khan's son Humayun was killed by a car bomb in 2004 in Iraq at the age of 27.
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27 October 2016 US Election 2016
Republican Donald Trump has been criticised by the family of a dead Muslim soldier after saying as president he would have kept him alive.
"Had I been president, Captain Khan would be alive today. We wouldn't have been in this horrible, horrible mistake, the war in Iraq," he said.
The soldier's father, Khizr Khan, said it was a "cruel" remark.
He is campaigning for Hillary Clinton, who makes her first joint appearance with First Lady Michelle Obama later.
Mr Khan's son Humayun was killed by a car bomb in 2004 in Iraq at the age of 27.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37790832
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