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| Iraq |
| Jordanian gunman arrested in Mosul |
| 2008-08-17 |
| (VOI) -- Security forces arrested a Jordanian gunman in a border village, western Mosul, Ninewa operations command's official spokesperson said on Saturday. "A force from the border 6th brigade on Saturday arrested an Arab fighter in one of the border villages of al-Baaj suburb (126 km west of Mosul)," Brigadier Khalid Abdul-Sattar told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI). "The gunman is a Jordanian citizen, who was carrying a Jordanian passport, a pistol, 23 bullets, GPS, cell phone, banking card, and various currencies," he said. He did not mention further details, but noted "interrogation is currently underway with the arrested Jordanian gunman." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Could be innocent: If YOU were going to rural Iraq on business (er, smuggling - that's pretty much 'innocent' in the area) would you want to go unarmed? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-08-17 10:01 |
| #3 Actually, MZ, its the other way around "Palestinians" (except Gazans) are recent 1920 (post Jewish return and Land restoration) immigrants from Syria & Transjordan. Gazans are from Egypt (that's why they and West-Bankers have so much trouble---they don't even speak mutually comprehensible dialects). |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-08-17 05:57 |
| #2 Jordan has naturalized a couple of million people from the region that was once the Roman province of Palestine. I recall Churchill's quote: "I created Jordan one Sunday afternoon in Jerusalem, with the stroke of a pen." |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-08-17 02:10 |
| #1 Rollin' rollin' rollin'... |
| Posted by: Gramble Brown2440 2008-08-17 00:07 |