#4 #1 Perhaps Steve could take a whack at writing tomorrow's lede today.
Tales from the Crossfire Gazette - Crystal Ball Edition:
Listed Terror Mufti killed in "crossfire" incident.
Mufti Abdul Hannan, leader of banned Islamist outfit Harkat-ul Jihad Al-Islam who was being held on a 10-day police remand, was killed (insert date) last night in what is being reported as a "encounter" between the RAB and cadre members of the banned group.
Abdul was arrested as a result of secret information in a swoop last week and "confessed" during "interogation" to involvement in the August 17th blasts, as well as the Lindburg kidnapping, being the man on the grassy knoll in Dallas and providing steroids to Barry Bonds.
After his totally voluntary "confession", Abdul was taken by the RAB to the deserted brickyard behind the abandoned rail station at 4AM to recover a hidden arms cache. While approaching the lair, the RAB team came under wildly inaccurate fire by a cadre of miscreants, hooligans and want-a-be number threes. The RAB reluctantly returned fire. The gunbattle raged for 8 hours with an estimated 2 million shots fired.
Taking advantage of the confusion, Mufti Hannan slipped out of the handcuffs, leg irons, straight jacket and duct tape covering his eyes and mouth, broke open the door of the armored police van and attempted to flee between the two lines of blazing automatic weapons. He was "apparently" caught in the crossfire and received a single .22 gunshot wound behind the left ear.
The remaining Harkat-ul Jihad Al-Islam cadre members vanished into the night, leaving behind one shutter gun and three rounds of bullet. Abdul was transported to Gopalganj Regional Hospital Bar & Grill and pronounced dead. Abdul was wanted for docitry, smuggling, 17 murders, failure to yeild and stealing HBO. A file was opened. |
The law enforcers are on the hunt for the associates of arrested Islamist extremist Mufti Abdul Hannan, who took part in the war in Afghanistan against Soviet invaders, and planned massive attacks to establish Islamic rule in Bangladesh. Sources in the intelligence agencies said that the arrested Mufti Abdul Hannan, leader of banned Islamist outfit Harkat-ul Jihad Al-Islam who is now on a 10-day police remand, was maintaining good contact with his comrades after they returned to the country. Hannan reportedly instigated them to wage a war against the ‘enemies of Islam’ and fight to make Bangladesh a completely Islamic state, said sources. Hannan is being interrogated by the Rapid Action Battalion at its headquarters.