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| Gunman arrested while planting IED south of Kirkuk |
| 2009-08-08 |
| Aswat al-Iraq: A combined force from the Kurdish security agency Asayesh arrested a gunman while planting an improvised explosive device (IED ) south of Kirkuk on Thursday, an Asayesh information official said. "The gunman was emplacing his charge on the main road between the district of Laylan and the district of al-Touz, (25 km) south of Kirkuk city," Firhad Mohammed told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. Asayesh or Asayish (Arabic for security) is a Kurdish organization, created in September 1993. It is referred to as an "intelligence agency", "security force","security service", "security police", "secret service", "secret police", or just "Kurdish police". Related to Barazani, it also acts under the command of the Kurdish National Assembly (parliament) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). "Initial investigations with the gunman, of the name of Raad Abdullah Ibrahim, showed that he is a local resident of Kirkuk and belongs to al-Naqshabandiya group," he added. Al-Naqshabandiya, an armed group self-proclaimed after 2003 and composed of officers and soldiers of the former Iraqi army, is loyal to Izzat Ibrahim al-Dori, the vice president of the former Iraqi regime, and active mainly in Kirkuk and its environs. Dori, who was born in 1942, used to be the vice chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council during the former regime's time. He ranks 6th on a U.S. forces' pack of cards of 55 most wanted persons after their invasion of Baghdad in April 2003, pledging a reward of $10 million for information leading to capturing him. Dori, the King of Clubs on this pack, had been reportedly arrested more than once, perhaps the recent of which was in April 2008. The dissolved Baath Party had announced on November 11, 2005 that Dori has died, only to deny the reports shortly after. |
| Posted by:Fred |