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Zarqawi sez he's nabbed an Iraqi general
AL-QAEDA'S wing in Iraq said today it was behind the kidnapping this week of an Iraqi army general, according to an internet posting.The group, led by Jordanian-militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi posted pictures of an Interior Ministry badge bearing the name of Brigadier General Jalal Mohammed Saleh, who police said was taken from his car in western Baghdad. Al-Qaeda Organisation for Holy War in Iraq said in a statement posted on an Islamist website that it also abducted two of Brig-Gen Saleh's companions. It posted what appeared to be an identification card for one of them, Bashar Mohammed Daham. The authenticity of the posting could not be verified. "We tell the agent of the Jews and crusaders that they will not get away with their crimes and that the hands of the mujahideen (holy fighters) will reach them," the group said. Brig-Gen Saleh was the commander of a special armoured division, one of the first armoured units in the re-formed Iraqi army. Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-04-06 |
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