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Top Saddam general shot dead
news.com.au ^
| 06Dec03
| From correspondents in Baghdad
Posted on 12/06/2003 8:24:08 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Top Saddam general shot dead From correspondents in Baghdad 06Dec03
GUNMEN shot dead today a former secret police general who had been in charge of western Baghdad under ousted strongman Saddam Hussein, a witness told said.
General Khalaf Alussi died at his home under a hail of bullets fired by four men, said Wissam Idan, a 24-year-old building worker at the house in the capital's al-Yarmuk area. The general, who died on the spot, headed the feared secret police in the al-Kharkh district on the west bank of the Tigris river.
At the hospital where the body was taken, his brother, Raed Abdulkarim, confirmed the killing, adding that the gunmen had fled.
"He died immediately," Adulkarim said.
This report appears on NEWS.com.au.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alussi; deadiraqisoldiers; iraq; iraqiofficers; khalafalussi; killed
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
One more evil one now facing his own horrors.
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posted on
12/06/2003 8:26:10 AM PST
by
LibertyLight
(Grateful for Free Rebublic)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Encore Encore
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posted on
12/06/2003 8:28:31 AM PST
by
cynicom
To: LibertyLight
Evil maybe. Better wait to see who killed him and why.
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posted on
12/06/2003 8:28:39 AM PST
by
ABrit
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Did they charge his family for the bullets?
To: ABrit
amybe they fear his gang, but at least someone finding these old leaders and ending their food chain.
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posted on
12/06/2003 8:35:25 AM PST
by
q_an_a
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Your are right - who knows who was ratting out who....?
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posted on
12/06/2003 8:36:24 AM PST
by
LibertyLight
(Grateful for Free Rebublic)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Another one bites the dust.
Excellent! Unless he could have provided intelligence to the Coalition.
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posted on
12/06/2003 8:36:50 AM PST
by
VOA
To: ABrit
Yes that is true..
9
posted on
12/06/2003 8:37:06 AM PST
by
LibertyLight
(Grateful for Free Rebublic)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Things are never as they seem in the ME. Never. For all we know, this could've been one of our best buds.
10
posted on
12/06/2003 8:42:21 AM PST
by
Snickersnee
(Where are we going? And what's with this handbasket???)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
D R T >>>> DEAD RIGHT THERE !
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posted on
12/06/2003 8:44:50 AM PST
by
Jackknife
(.......Land of the Free,because of the Brave.)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Paybacks can be hell.
What goes around comes around.
Aint it great to be able to start the day with good news?
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posted on
12/06/2003 8:45:57 AM PST
by
76834
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Say now, this is a bit suspicious. Isn't Rumsfeld in Iraq? Maybe takin' care of a little business?
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Did this General rate a place in the "deck-of-cards"?
To: Snickersnee
Doubt if the head of the feared secret police could ever be one of our best buds, ever.
To me it sounds if the populace is getting fed up and taking a little revenge vigilante action.
These spot retributions will save a lot of time and money when the Iraqi war crimes tribunal is set up.
Leni
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posted on
12/06/2003 8:53:09 AM PST
by
MinuteGal
(Florida Freepers! Go to Fla. chapter forum for important announcements on chapter re-organization!)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
"Quick, we need more virgins!"
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posted on
12/06/2003 9:37:16 AM PST
by
Aeronaut
(In my humble opinion, the new expression for backing down from a fight should be called 'frenching')
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
General Khalaf Alussi died at his home under a hail of bullets...The general, who died on the spot, headed the feared secret police in the al-Kharkh district on the west bank of the Tigris river. So why was he living in his home rather than a 4' by 7' cage in Guantanamo?
To: Aeronaut
Yep, we sure do.
And I hope everyone of them look like Janet Reno, or maybe Michael Jackson
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posted on
12/06/2003 9:44:42 AM PST
by
76834
To: Enterprise
Isn't Rumsfeld in Iraq? Maybe takin' care of a little business?
You mean like this?
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posted on
12/06/2003 9:53:59 AM PST
by
johnb838
(Mr Bush, build *us* a wall...)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
This does sound like a rubout by the bad guys.
It's known that many of Saddam's top generals were offered big money by the CIA to drop out of the war. Maybe he his former friends suspected him of taking one of those bribes.
The very fact that he was living at home suggests that he had made his peace with us by some such action.
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posted on
12/06/2003 9:55:19 AM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
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