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| Zarqawi was registered for benefits |
| 2006-06-19 |
| Lucknow: Iraq's deceased Al Qaida leader, Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, was registered for unemployment benefits in India, a recent report suggests. A query has been ordered to certify how Al Zarqawi, who was killed in a US air strike in Iraq last week, came to be registered as an Indian resident. Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary, N C Bajpai, is particularly concerned about reports that the late Al Qaida leader, who was registered under the name of Ama Zarqawi, was made eligible for unemployment benefits by the Lucknow district administration. Disciplinary action has been ordered by the principal secretary and district administration against those responsible for the lapse. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #11 Zenster, that would be an improvement if Iowahawk is right. NSFW, probably NSF kids or other sensitive critters, too. |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2006-06-19 21:13 |
| #10 One can only hope his benefits include assorted niceities like barb wire d!ldoes, epoxy denture adhesive, ground glass in the salt shaker, crystal battery acid in the sugar bowl and emery cloth toilet paper. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-06-19 20:27 |
| #9 "We're in Lucknow!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-06-19 16:01 |
| #8 Who will get his FEMA trailer? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-06-19 15:20 |
| #7 The little missus was wife #3. There are two others, with several more children as I understand it, who are now without a man to support them. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-19 15:15 |
| #6 This gives new meaning to the term "Death and Dismemberment Benefit". I wonder who is going to be the beneficiary now the that the "little missus" is gone. Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2006-06-19 14:59 |
| #5 What will be really interesting is who else they find, and who helped them achieve that status. I think Fred may need to set up a second popcorn machine. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-19 14:09 |
| #4 Mass Dept. of Transitional Assistance (the slick new Massachusetts PC term for welfare, BTW), please check your databases. And I would not be the least bit surprised if they find him on one. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-06-19 13:45 |
| #3 Either the certificate was fake or the authorities in UP are embarassed that Zark spent time in Lucknow. Either way, heads will roll... |
| Posted by: john 2006-06-19 13:42 |
| #2 UP may order CID probe into Zarqawi domicile certificate issue Lucknow, June 15 (UNI) Taking a stern view of reports that mediapersons had managed a fake domicile certificate in the name of slain al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab-al Zarqawi, the Uttar Pradesh government may order a CID probe into the issue. Reporters of a leading Hindi daily had managed a fake domicile certificate in the name of the terror head. The certificate allows the slain terrorist to get Rs 500 per month as unemployment allowance by the Utter Pradesh government from tomorrow. Taking a serious note, the government was likely to order a probe by the Crime Branch-CID to bust the official-interim diary network active in various districts of the state. A senior state Home department official said there were views within the government to order a CID probe into the entire gamut. State chief secretary Navin Chandra Bajpai, meanwhile, directed district level officials to look into the matter. Yesterday, officials went into a tizzy after the daily produced pictures of the fake certificate. The certificate shows Zarqawi as a resident of A-1, Jal Sansthan Colony, Water Works Road, Lucknow. The controversial certificate was attested by two gazetted officers, secretary, state transport Jamshed Alam Siddiqui and deputy transport commissioner Rajendra Prasad, both of whom have testified to have known Zarqawi for several years. Besides, notary KK Jaiswal and a lawyer, PK Singh, too were involved for getting the affidavit cleared. The affidavit carrying Zarqawi's photograph comes with a seal "Valid for unemployment allowance only |
| Posted by: john 2006-06-19 13:40 |
| #1 More here |
| Posted by: tipper 2006-06-19 13:21 |