U.S Muslim veteran finds ‘terrorist’ written on his locker

California, (IINA) - “Terrorist” and “raghead;” those are the words that a Muslim U.S. Army veteran who fought in the Iraq War, says he found written on his work locker earlier this month.
“It’s a shitty feeling,” Mohammed Abbas, a 32-year-old man with health issues said. But it’s a feeling he knows well, Huffington Post news reported.
Abbas, who is of Palestinian origin, was born in the United Arab Emirates. He immigrated to the U.S. in 2000, living in Georgia and later California. He taught himself English and went to high school, where he says “ignorant” kids would ask him if Osama bin Laden was his cousin, or if he was going to bring a bomb to class.
In 2007 after working a series of low-paying jobs, Abbas decided he wanted a better life and joined the Army. After Abbas graduated from basic training, he says, his drill instructor pulled him aside. “Watch out more for American soldiers than the Iraqis,” said the instructor, who knew Abbas was being deployed to Iraq.
Abbas remembers that he “didn’t really get” what the instructor was talking about. But he learned soon enough. “Look at that Muslim...” “We should kill all of them.” “They smell like goats.”
Those are the phrases Abbas remembers hearing from members of the 101st Airborne as they drove around in a Humvee during a mission in Iraq.
“And I’m like, ‘Hey, I’m a Muslim too,’” Abbas says he replied. “You’re talking about a whole religion.”