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| Iraq: Army has al-Zarqawi's cameraman | |
| 2006-10-28 | |
| Iraq's Defense Ministry said Saturday that the Iraqi army captured a man thought to be the personal cameraman for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the slain leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, the country's most feared terrorist group. Spokesman Mohammed al-Askari told al-Iraqiyah television that Khalid al-Hayani was detained in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad. He declined to say when the capture occurred or give al-Hayani's nationality, saying that could hinder future operations against terrorists. He said videotapes and documents were found in al-Hayani's possession but did not describe their contents. The Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi, who was killed by a U.S. airstrike June 7 in Diyala, had appeared in several videos posted on militant Internet sites. One clip often played on Middle Eastern TV news channels showed him clad in black and firing a machine gun. An earlier one purported to show al-Zarqawi with his face covered, speaking to the camera before he slit the throat of a Western hostage.
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| Posted by:lotp |
| #3 Frank, you missed CNN. Got to collect them all! |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2006-10-28 18:28 |
| #2 did they confiscate his Al Jizz/Rooters/AP/BBC embed card? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-10-28 17:48 |
| #1 I wonder which is greater...the fear for one's nearterm personal safety (i.e. immediate, painful death), or the fear of betraying one's cause and comrades, and which can be maintained the longest. Perhaps a movie should be made of this gentleman, squealing like a pig. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2006-10-28 17:45 |