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| More on Zark relocating back to Iran |
| 2006-02-06 |
| Iraqi police have arrested the fourth-ranking figure in al-Qaeda in Iraq, while officials are investigating whether the group's leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has fled to neighbouring Iran. The brief report on Iraqiya television identified the suspect as Mohammed Rabei, also known Abu Dhar, and said he was No 4 in al-Qaeda. It gave no further details. Meanwhile, a senior Iraqi security officer said the Iraqi government has been receiving information that al-Zarqawi may have moved to neighbouring Iran after hot pursuit by US and Iraqi forces in western Iraq. The officer said Iraq's intelligence services have received information that the Jordanian-born terrorist was spotted a few weeks ago in areas close to the Himreen Mountains, 120 km south of Kirkuk and near the border with Iran. "We are dealing with this information carefully but intelligence services are working on the assumption that he has been planning to move to Iran after being besieged in the areas where he was operating inside Iraq," said the officer, who declined to be identified further because of the sensitivity of the investigation. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #3 The brief report on Iraqiya television identified the suspect as Mohammed Rabei, also known Abu Dhar, and said he was No 4 in al-Qaeda. I guess they done run out of number 2s and 3s. |
| Posted by: Chinter Flarong9283 2006-02-06 10:54 |
| #2 Dan - here we go ... on the Waldo hunt again. Ironically, it may come to an Iranian misstep to rid the planet of these cutthroats. |
| Posted by: doc 2006-02-06 10:24 |
| #1 What?? No suicide belt? No "fight to the death? Oh, that's right. That's for the little people. The one's outraged by cartoons. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2006-02-06 10:03 |