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| Phoney Policeman Suspected Of Killing Dozens Is Arrested | |
| 2006-04-13 | |
Baghdad, 13 April (AKI) - A man in Iraq who is suspected of having killed more than 40 people while masquarading as a police officer has been arrested, the Iraqi security ministry, announced on Thursday. The suspect, identified as the "terrorist" Sattar Jabbar, was caught thanks to the "co-operation of security forces in the province of Diyala (north-eastern, mostly Sunni populated)," the ministry said in a statement. It did not provide any further details.
Iraq's security ministry, which is distinct from the interior ministry, has a brief to cooperate with the defence ministry to hunt down terrorists. On Wednesday, interior minister, Bayan Jabr, denied that it was his own ministry which has been responsible for abductions, torture and murders of thousands of people. Instead Jabr, a former Shia militia member who is widely blamed by the country's Sunni community for allegedly masterminding sectarian attacks, claimed that the Facility Protection Service (FPS), set up by the Americans to guard official buildings, was responsible. He also claimed that elements among the 30,000 private security guards operating in Iraq were complicit in the killings. | |
| Posted by:Steve |