Iraqi police forces have detained Umar Baziyani, an associate of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, U.S. Central Command announced Friday. Baziyani is known to have ties to several extremist terrorist groups in Iraq and is believed to be responsible for the death and injury of scores of innocent Iraqi citizens, according to Centcom. Authorities say Baziyani is also wanted in connection with anti-coalition activities. Baziyani was detained on May 30 in Baghdad, according to Centcom. He's providing information to coalition forces.
"Sgt, a fresh pair of panties for Umar!"
"His capture removes one of al-Zarqawi's most valuable officers from his network," according to the Centcom statement. U.S. military and intelligence officials believe al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian wanted for allegedly organizing attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq on behalf of Al Qaeda, personally carried out the murder of American Nicholas Berg, whose decapitation was captured on a videotape that was released by his killers. Berg's body was found May 8 near a highway overpass in Baghdad. He was last seen on April 10 when he left his Baghdad hotel. Last month, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the No. 2 U.S. military leader in Iraq, said of al-Zarqawi's whereabouts: "We believe he's moving around the country."
Posted by Steve 2004-06-04 11:25:29 AM||
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#1 double plus good that it was the IP
triple plus if they arrested him last week squeezed him and only told about it today
Posted by mhw 2004-06-04 11:33:25 AM||
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#2 he'll be spilling shit loads of info hopefully, only if interagated 'to military' standard,wonder if the red cross will get the fiend a legal team to try and defend himself.
Posted by Shep UK 2004-06-04 1:28:58 PM||
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#3 i hope they are allowed to put this guy in the iraqi stress position known as the"hot lead enema"--funnel anyone?
Posted by SON OF TOLUI 2004-06-04 3:02:13 PM||
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#4 Are the Iraqis torturing the guy yet? If they did, would it get as much press as the "abuse" suffered by prisoners at Abu Ghraib at the hands of American personnel?
The answer to the second question would surely be a resounding NO.
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-04 4:47:38 PM||
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