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| Iraq |
| US Forces Rescue Kidnapped Newspaper Editor |
| 2007-07-13 |
| Hibhib, July 13, (VOI)- U.S. forces freed a department director at the al-Taakhi (solidarity) newspaper during an airdrop operation on a gunmen's hideout, believed to be of al-Qaeda group, in Hibhib district, a source in the Iraqi newspaper said on Friday. "Sarmad Abdul Jabbar was kidnapped on Thursday afternoon in Hibhib district while driving back from Arbil to his home in al-Husayniyah region when a fake checkpoint of gunmen stopped him and took him to unknown place," the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The source said that "Abdul Jabbar told him that he was placed in a house with some other captives and subjected to different kinds of torture and their kidnappers were waiting for orders to kill them." The source said that the captive did not specify the number of the abductors. Al-Taakhi is an Iraqi daily founded in 1967. Dr. Bdrakhan al-Sindi is the editor-in -chief and it is the official newspaper of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan (DPK). Hibhib is located in Diala province, 57 km northeast of Baghdad. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #3 For a moment I feared it might be someone from the AP. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-07-13 21:58 |
| #2 Jim, a Kurdish paper is far more likely to be a staunch ally of the US than an enemy. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2007-07-13 20:37 |
| #1 US Forces Rescue Kidnapped Newspaper Editor (snip) Al-Taakhi is an Iraqi daily founded in 1967. Dr. Bdrakhan al-Sindi is the editor-in -chief and it is the official newspaper of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan (DPK). Why bother to rescue him, better results would be had if they did kill him, it just might wake up the News Staff that these folks are the enemy. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-07-13 19:54 |