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Iraqi Qaeda punk claims to have 16 notches on his Kalashnikov - 5 women
 BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) -- A 24-year-old suspected Al-Qaeda fighter captured in Iraq claims to have kidnapped and killed 16 people, including five women, a senior Iraqi official said on Saturday. "Our forces captured Jassem al-Khafadji who says he has kidnapped and assassinated 11 men and five women," Defence Ministry spokesman General Mohammed al-Askari told reporters. "He then led us to the place where he had buried them."Khafadji is among some 500 people the military says have been arrested since the launch on July 29 of a major operation in Diyala province aimed at flushing out Al-Qaeda fighters who control vast swathes of the countryside. The operation is being carried out by the Iraqi army, supported by the US military. Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2008-08-10 |
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