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| Detained mother, sister rendered to local sheik |
| 2005-04-08 |
| Two women detained by Iraqi Police and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers were rendered into the control of a local sheik at 4 p.m. April 7 after being held for questioning in connection with Anti-Iraqi Forces. Acting on credible intelligence, Iraqi Police and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers took a mother and her daughter into custody April 2 as terror suspects during a cordon and search of the house in the Taji area. "We strongly believed they had both direct and indirect knowledge of the planning and coordination of attacks against Iraqi Security Forces and coalition forces," said Lt. Col. Clifford Kent, Task Force Baghdad spokesperson. "Sources told us the women were present during meetings to plan attacks against coalition forces and that they had knowledge of terror cell leaders and the location of weapons caches in the area." Contrary to allegations published in news reports, the two women were the focus of the search and were detained. Task Force Baghdad Soldiers are interested in the male relatives of Arkan Mukhlif al-Batawi, the women's brother and son. "US forces do not take hostages, nor do we participate in blackmail activities," Kent said. "The women were simply detained on the basis of their own merits according to the intelligence we had at the time." During the time they were being questioned, the women said they were not mistreated or harmed by Task Force Baghdad Soldiers. "We were treated better by the American Soldiers than a brother treats his own sister," said the daughter. The women were eventually turned over into the custody of Sheik Sae'ed Jasin, tribal leader of Taramia area, and Sheik Cheralaha Abas of the Taramia City Counsel who thanked the US military for their cooperation in the matter. News organizations had published photographs allegedly showing US Soldiers conducting the raid on the Taji home, however Kent said those photos were not in any way connected to the incident, nor do they depict Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division or Task Force Baghdad. "The individuals in the photographs are not wearing our authorized uniforms nor are they adhering to our strict uniform standards," he said. An investigation in AIF activities of this family continue, as well as the allegations of misconduct by any coalition members, Kent noted. |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #2 âWe were treated better by the American Soldiers than a brother treats his own sister,â Based on how how they treat their sisters, is that damning with faint praise? |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-04-08 1:22:11 PM |
| #1 This story is just the International MSM acting as the mouthpiece socialist international. That group desires to destroy the USA and has allied it's self with the terrorists who are disrupting the recovery of Iraq. They should be treated as the useless vermin they are. There were no "hostages." This is the same crap they pull on Isreal. Leftists and Socialist suck arse. Jew haters can FOAD. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-04-08 1:17:38 PM |