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| Iraqi Police Arrest Four Would-Be Bombers |
| 2004-03-02 |
| Iraqi police arrested four would-be suicide bombers in this southern Iraqi city Tuesday, hours after 143 people were killed in near simultaneous and coordinated attacks on Shiite shrines elsewhere. Police sources told The Associated Press that two men — a Syrian and an Iraqi — were arrested after a car bomb was found outside the Seyed Ali al-Musawi Mosque in central Basra. Nice live breathing suspects, excellent. To the rack with them! Tens of thousands of worshippers were in the area when the bombers were discovered just after 12 p.m. Someone was trying for another big body count Later in the day, in the al-Maqal neighborhood of Basra, police arrested two women who were wearing explosives-laden belts as they marched in a procession to mark Ashoura. Bad day to be caught making this kind of fashion statement. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 I agree, the bodycount could have bin much higher, todays arrests and the Falluja battle are signs that the boys are starting to hold their own, nothing but praise for that. |
| Posted by: Evert Visser 2004-3-2 3:50:46 PM |
| #4 Jon, Add to that, the fact that the Iraqi Police didn't allow the throngs to lynch these terrorists before squeezing them for every last bit of useful information. Do you hear that Syria? |
| Posted by: Daniel King 2004-3-2 3:38:34 PM |
| #3 i know this sounds a bit harsh considering so many died today but i must say the Iraqi police and who ever else nabbed these eleven boomers did a excellent job in catching eleven of thier prey ,potentialy saved hundreds of thier fellow rackis |
| Posted by: Jon Shep U.K 2004-3-2 3:32:54 PM |
| #2 More suspects, ABC reports: Already, today in Iraq, authorities have 11 suspects in custody, stemming from the synchronized explosions that ripped through crowds of worshippers at Shiite Muslim shrines in Baghdad and Karbala today, killing more than 100 people.The captured include one suicide bomber intercepted in the act at the Khadumia Mosque in Baghdad, and two terrorist teams in Basra, also caught in flagrante. Two male suspects were arrested in Basra driving a bomb-laden truck, while two women were caught in that city, explosive belts still wrapped around their waists, while joining a line of Shiites marching in observance of Ashoura — the most important holy day on the Shiite Muslim calendar. No fewer than six suspects are under arrest in Karbala. By now, interrogation of all 11 has likely begun, and investigations are underway, seeking the biographical backgrounds of each, their recent travels, their associates in Iraq and, in the case of one of them, his home country of Syria. Also pure gold for investigators — the Basra truck bomb itself and the "suicide-belts" captured in Basra and Baghdad. Both the materials from which they are made and the techniques used in their assembly will offer valuable clues that may help track today's vicious crimes in Karbala and Baghdad to their terrorist sources. Excellent, 11 suspects will give us a nice pool of information to cross check. Perhaps the two women were forced into it, like we have seen before. Be a good place to start. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-3-2 3:26:21 PM |
| #1 excellent catch! should prove useful in interigation. |
| Posted by: Jon Shep U.K 2004-3-2 12:21:21 PM |