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| More than 500 gunmen killed, arrested in Iraq last week |
| 2006-11-17 |
| (KUNA) -- Iraqi ministry of Interior said Thursday that it arrested or eliminated 537 gunmen while 41 policemen were killed by insurgents throughout the previous week. The National Police arrested 79 gunmen while the local police arrested 403 others in scattered areas of Iraq, the ministry said in its weekly report. Ten terrorists were killed by national police forces while 45 others were killed by local forces and seven hostages were released, the report added. The report carried on by saying that 156 policemen were injured. The statement revealed the names of top Iraqi members of leading terrorist groups that were arrested in addition to five Egyptians and five Syrians in Dyala province northeastern the capital Baghdad. Police also managed to dismantle three booby-trapped vehicles and seize 6000 pieces of weapons. In a separate story, the Iraqi cabinet formed a special committee headed by Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki to reconstruct the holy Shiite shrines in the city of Samarra in northern Baquba after being bombarded due to sectarian violence in Iraq, a government statement said. The committee, comprised of high government officials, will supervise the rebuilding process of the shrines alongside developing the city in Salah al-Din province. The shrines bombardment last February came as a result of mounting sectarian violence in the capital Baghdad and other Iraqi provinces. Iraqi police has arrested the people responsible for the attacks, including Tunisian Yousri Fakher Mohammad, who later was executed after a month of indicting him before an Iraqi court. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Didn't they threaten recently that they had 10,000 ready, willing and able suicide bombers waiting at the helms? Arresting/killing over 500 of these goons per week gets us on the fast track to taking down that number and quickly. Well, in only 20 weeks, we'll be outta there (/Donk bean counter) |
| Posted by: BA 2006-11-17 14:00 |
| #6 These numbers seem to only represent those killed and arrested by the Iraqi police (national and local), and thus would not incorporate those taken by the Iraqi Army or Coalition forces. Of course, a lot or the arrested or killed may have been innocent - or just 'guilty of being Sunni', given the history of the Interor department. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-11-17 12:53 |
| #5 "Use the Craftsman pliers, Abu. They're rust resistant." haha reminds me of my CDT teacher at school (yes i can still remember back that far) , first lesson in woodwork , never cut yourself and bleed on the tools , they rust ! those words echoed in my mind for years , and I have always been an adoring father of my toolkit |
| Posted by: MacNails 2006-11-17 09:22 |
| #4 They're only reporting 55 killed. The rest were arrested. Do you suppose the foreigners get some extra special attention? "Use the Craftsman pliers, Abu. They're rust resistant." |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2006-11-17 09:18 |
| #3 Would there be an unbaptised catagory too ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-11-17 09:02 |
| #2 Chuck Simmins: If unconfirmed by the military, can you add a category for 'unconfirmed dead terrorists'? I like big numbers! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-11-17 06:54 |
| #1 Now we're talking!! |
| Posted by: KBK 2006-11-17 00:11 |