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Iraq-Jordan
Iraqi Police Say Arrest Man Suspected of Beheadings
2005-02-08
An Iraqi wanted by police for alleged involvement in the beheadings of people working with U.S.-led forces in Mosul has been arrested by police in the town of Tikrit, police said Tuesday. They said Khaled Zakiyah was captured while visiting relatives in Tikrit, 110 miles north of Baghdad.
"Hi, Mom! I'm home!"
"Stick 'em up!"
Dozens of Iraqi soldiers, police and contractors have been killed in Mosul over the last few months, many by beheading. In a statement, the Iraqi government said another suspected insurgent, Basher Mutar al-Tikriti, had been captured in Sharqat, northern Iraq, on Jan. 13. A government statement said Tikriti was a relative of Saddam Hussein and was suspected of supporting and sheltering members of Saddam's regime, including Saddam's son Qusay, after the U.S.-led invasion. It said Tikriti was also suspected of financing insurgents and providing them with weapons.
Posted by:Steve

#13  The guy should get as good as he gave
Posted by: H8_UBL   2005-02-08 8:10:19 PM  

#12  I wonder how the Iraqis will handle their big backlog of jailed murderers and bombers, including Saddam and his generals. Will there be a series of trials followed by one big mass execution? How about a mass trial followed by executions spread out over time climaxing with a sprung trap for Saddam? Some how I don't see a lot of life or time served sentences being handed out.
Posted by: Billy Hank   2005-02-08 8:04:27 PM  

#11  What are the chances that he's totally innocent, but such a pain in the ass that his relatives dropped a dime on him because they just couldn't bear the thought of having to put up with him visiting for a month?

I don't know.
But while we're extracting death as slowly and painfully as possible from Mr.Tikriti, lets put Ramsey Clarke through the same drill except much more slowly and much more painfully!!

Posted by: Snaick Thruth8432   2005-02-08 4:12:57 PM  

#10  So that's why you're not supposed to hit "Submit" twice...
Posted by: Captain Pedantic   2005-02-08 2:48:47 PM  

#9  What are the chances that he's totally innocent, but such a pain in the ass that his relatives dropped a dime on him because they just couldn't bear the thought of having to put up with him visiting for a month?
Posted by: Captain Pedantic   2005-02-08 2:48:18 PM  

#8  What are the chances that he's totally innocent, but such a pain in the ass that his relatives dropped a dime on him because they just couldn't bear the thought of having to put up with him visiting for a month?
Posted by: Captain Pedantic   2005-02-08 2:48:18 PM  

#7  The main point is that the Iraqi authorities have him and they will deal with him, per their customs. Our job is to make sure that there are no New Yawk Lawyuhs advising the Iraqi government. And Ramsey Clark is not welcome there, either.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-02-08 1:10:47 PM  

#6  "...was captured while visiting relatives in Tikrit..."

See, this is why I never visit my relatives.
Posted by: Matt   2005-02-08 12:12:39 PM  

#5  OK, the court is now in session, "send the quilty bastard in".
Posted by: GK   2005-02-08 11:50:07 AM  

#4  How about they just whack the entire al-Tikriti tribe first? Plenty of time for civilization once the barbarians are dead.
Posted by: mojo   2005-02-08 11:46:43 AM  

#3  I stand corrected
Posted by: Frank G   2005-02-08 11:21:46 AM  

#2  Frank, Iraq is a rule-of-law democracy now. So...Make him whimper and cry like a little girl on Iraqi TV, let him be convicted by a jury as the result of a proper trial... then kill him
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-02-08 11:15:24 AM  

#1  hope his detainment is informationally productive, short in time, and extremely painful. Make him whimper and cry like a little girl on Iraqi TV, then kill him
Posted by: Frank G   2005-02-08 10:20:17 AM  

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