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| Iraq arrests two over deadly Baghdad attacks |
| 2010-08-01 |
| [Dawn] Iraqi soldiers arrested two suspected insurgents behind a brazen series of attacks in Baghdad this week that killed 16 people and wounded 14 others, a security official said on Saturday. The pair were arrested as a result of security camera footage that showed insurgents setting alight three dead soldiers and planting Al-Qaeda's flag, a defence ministry official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The private surveillance tape was taken from a shop in the predominantly Sunni area of Adhamiyah where the attack, which also involved homemade bombs being placed on routes to the scene of the fire, took place on Thursday. "The private security camera recorded the entire operation and shows the gunmen attack an army checkpoint, plant bombs and burn dead bodies," the official said. According to the official, the videotape shows the gunmen killing the soldiers after a 10-minute gun battle, pouring oil over their bodies and setting them on fire. "Then, they put bombs on the roads leading to the scene, and planted the flag of the Islamic State of Iraq (Al-Qaeda's front group) near the dead bodies before fleeing," the official said. He said two people including a lawyer had been arrested as a result of the footage of the attacks, which occurred within 15 minutes of each other. In addition to the original killing of the soldiers, three homemade bomb attacks on different routes to the scene of the shooting killed 13 more people, including three soldiers and three policemen, and wounded 14, among them seven police and two civil defence members, the interior ministry said. Baghdad security spokesman Major General Qassim Atta said "large numbers of weapons and explosions were found within the last 24 hours" in raids as part of an investigation into the attack. "A number of suspects and wanted persons have been arrested after the terrorist attack in Adhamiyah," he said. US and Iraqi officials have warned of the dangers of an upsurge in violence as negotiations on forming a new governing coalition drag on, more than four months after the country held a parliamentary election. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 here's hoping the "interrogation" is strenuous, and painful |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-08-01 10:26 |