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| Iraq |
| Senior Member of Saddam’s Militia Nabbed |
| 2003-08-21 |
| U.S. forces captured a suspected senior member of Saddam Hussein’s Fedayeen militia who was carrying a shopping list for explosives materials, a military official said Thursday. "What’s this list in your pocket, let’s see; milk, eggs, C-4, det cord, bread, batteries...humm, lock him up." The man, Rashid Mohammed, was also holding a list of ten Iraqi names that U.S. forces believe was an assassination list when soldiers stopped his car on a highway north of Baqouba, 45 miles northeast of Baghdad, with two other men in a car, Lt. Col. William Adamson from the 588th Engineering Battalion said. Mohammed was detained along with two men who were traveling with him, he added. "We suspect this was a senior man organizing Saddam Fedayeen activities in Baqouba. We also have reason to believe, based on documents obtained, that he was actively purchasing improvised explosive devices with remote controlled detonators," Adamson said. He did not give the names of the people on the list. I expect somebody will be in touch with them. Adamson said other informants had told U.S. forces that Mohammed had been trying to organize a 600-strong militia in the area around Baqouba. And now he won’t. In a second operation northeast of Baghdad, U.S. soldiers raided a farmhouse Thursday after receiving a tip that Saddam was hiding there, U.S. military officials said on condition of anonymity. They detained five men but did not find the former Iraqi leader, the officials said. One soldier was shot in the arm as the soldiers from the 67th Armored Regiment’s 3rd Battalion left the village, U.S. military authorities said, adding his injuries were not considered serious. The house that was raided was owned by an alleged Saddam loyalist, Khalid al-Dosh. It was not immediately known if he was among those detained. Officers with the 4th Infantry said a second informant told them that two wanted men - Hussein Ali Taha and Haji Abed - also were in the house that was raided. It was not clear if the pair were among the five detained, nor did the military say for what the men were wanted. "I can say no more" |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 U.S. soldiers raided a farmhouse Damn it always sounds like they're after grandpa Walton. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-8-21 7:52:57 PM |