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| Sakra cracks, sez Zarqawi's in northern Iraq |
| 2005-08-14 |
| Ah, the wonders of Turkish interrogation techniques ... A suspected al Qaeda militant arrested by Turkish police last week was quoted on Sunday as saying Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, one of America's most wanted men, was hiding in northern Iraq. Luia Sakra, charged by a Turkish court last Thursday with plotting to bomb Israeli cruise boats in southern Turkey, said he had met Zarqawi in Iraq, the Referans daily said. Jordanian-born Zarqawi, head of al-Qaeda in Iraq, has been behind some of the deadliest attacks against U.S. troops, the Baghdad government and forces and Shi'ite Muslims. Referans also quoted Sakra, a Syrian-born bomb-making expert, as saying he had received training with explosives in camps run by al-Qaeda in northern Iraq. Turkish security sources have said Sakra is the top figure in Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network in Turkey. He is also thought to have played a key role in bombings in Istanbul in November 2003 that killed more than 60 people. Referans quoted Sakra as saying he had no idea where bin Laden was but that he would not tell even if he did know. Sakra's lawyer has denied his client has any connection with al Qaeda and insists he was acting alone in planning the attacks on the Israeli cruise boats. Israel diverted a number of vessels from Turkey last week and urged its citizens to avoid Turkey's popular southern coast, citing "concrete and grave terror threats". Israel has since lifted its travel warning. Turkish media have also reported this weekend that police found a large cache of weapons at a villa recently bought by Sakra and an accomplice in the Mediterranean resort of Antalya where the two men had reportedly lived with three women. The top-selling Hurriyet daily quoted Sakra as saying he did not pray but that he liked to drink whisky and wine. Sakra was apprehended last Sunday in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir while trying to board a plane under an assumed name for Istanbul, security sources said. He had undergone plastic surgery and was returning to Istanbul for another operation, they said. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #4 Good find, Dan, this could have been a bad boomer had Sakra and company not been apprehended and the plot not exposed. Do Turkish techniques include flushed Karens by chance? |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-08-14 22:55 |
| #3 hiding six feet under. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-08-14 22:03 |
| #2 This is my graphic little desire for the pervert moon-worshipper Zarqawi and his confused servants of Satan. It good time, Zarqawi will join Satan in a game of cards with Hitler on one side, Stalin on the other and Idi Amin in drag giving him a wet willie. What yellow streaked road must Zarqi follow to get to his promised land of sitting at and licking the feet of Satan? Pay attention little Zarqi... watch this video and follow their example... after all... they stayed after you fled and aren't you at least a little bit curious at what happens afterwards? At least Sakra is crimminal scum and he is honest in front of danger whereas you flee in a burqa just as UBL instructed. But be a man, watch this video and be a man like they were. http://www.jswaim.com/files/CAS.wmv |
| Posted by: Uleregum Hupains2323 2005-08-14 20:34 |
| #1 "Northern Iraq" is pretty vague. Hopefully the actual information he provided was sanitized for publication. Also, we need the graphic with the brass knuckles and the pliers. Maybe a car battery too. |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2005-08-14 18:23 |