Filmmaker says he was attacked over name

Chicago filmmaker Usama Alshaibi says he was attacked after he crashed a house party last weekend in the small <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100102200000000" title="Iowa" href="/topic/us/iowa-PLGEO100102200000000.topic">Iowa</a> town of Fairfield. Alshaibi said his attackers started calling him <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB20372037" title="Osama bin Laden" href="/topic/unrest-conflicts-war/terrorism/osama-bin-laden-PECLB20372037.topic">Osama bin Laden</a> and racial slurs during the beating. No one has been arrested in the attack, and both police and Alshaibi don't know the exact location where it allegedly took place. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chibrknews-filmmaker-says-1st-name-usama-led-to-beating-20110307,0,1334947.story" target="new">Read more&nbsp;&#62;&#62;</a>
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( Courtesy Manuel Tsingaris / March 7, 2011 )

Chicago filmmaker Usama Alshaibi says he was attacked after he crashed a house party last weekend in the small Iowa town of Fairfield. Alshaibi said his attackers started calling him Osama bin Laden and racial slurs during the beating. No one has been arrested in the attack, and both police and Alshaibi don't know the exact location where it allegedly took place. Read more >>

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