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| Zarqawi sez he's nabbed an Iraqi general |
| 2005-04-06 |
| AL-QAEDA'S wing in Iraq said today it was behind the kidnapping this week of an Iraqi army general, according to an internet posting. The group, led by Jordanian-militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi posted pictures of an Interior Ministry badge bearing the name of Brigadier General Jalal Mohammed Saleh, who police said was taken from his car in western Baghdad. Al-Qaeda Organisation for Holy War in Iraq said in a statement posted on an Islamist website that it also abducted two of Brig-Gen Saleh's companions. It posted what appeared to be an identification card for one of them, Bashar Mohammed Daham. The authenticity of the posting could not be verified. "We tell the agent of the Jews and crusaders that they will not get away with their crimes and that the hands of the mujahideen (holy fighters) will reach them," the group said. Brig-Gen Saleh was the commander of a special armoured division, one of the first armoured units in the re-formed Iraqi army. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #4 I suspect he has. But more will be along to finish the job. |
| Posted by: Michael 2005-04-06 7:06:13 PM |
| #3 Isn't Saleh the 'Brain' who headed up the hardened Fallujuah Brigade? Seeing as they nabbed him and his bodyguards, it's more like one big carpool really. Of course, if Charles is on to something, then it's a work accident. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2005-04-06 6:23:57 PM |
| #2 Why show the card if you have the people you could show? I think the General and his companions are already dead, but the Mujahideen killed them before realizeing who they were. This is just an attempt to salvage propoganda. |
| Posted by: Charles 2005-04-06 5:45:14 PM |
| #1 Don't Iraqi officers have a sidearm? If not, they should. And the 'companions' should be well trained in self-defence. |
| Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-04-06 5:29:39 PM |