Splitter!
Posted on 11/12/2004 4:58:27 AM PST by WmShirerAdmirer
FALLUJAH, Iraq, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. forces fighting in Fallujah found the bodies of 20 foreign fighters Friday in the southern part of the city who had been killed execution-style.
The men were described as foot soldiers with Monotheism and Jihad, a guerrilla group headed by Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi that now calls itself al-Qaida in Iraq, the Washington Post reported Friday.
Also an Iraqi cab driver was found chained to a wall, badly beaten and starving. He was rushed to a hospital for treatment. The reason for his abduction was not immediately clear.
Residents say Zarqawi's lieutenants ordered foreign fighters to man bunkers in two neighborhoods as other neighborhoods were to be defended by allied Muslim groups, the First Army of Mohammad and Ansar al-Sunna Army.
But residents said the U.S-led offensive opened strains between the local insurgents and the foreigners. When a senior Zarqawi commander was found dead of a bullet to the head during the battle, many interpreted his death as the result of an insurgent execution.
Besides the commander's death, the bodies of 20 foreign fighters also were found shot to death execution-style, military officials said.
Copyright 2004 by United Press International. All rights reserved.
Here it seems that some Iraqis (Iraqi insurgents such as holdover Baathist) have gotten quite upset with the foreign (jihad) element that has invaded their country, and they're finally doing something about it. Here's hoping both groups eliminate each other everywhere in Iraq before the elections.
Hey I really like this latest development, it saves the USMC time and money.
honor among thieves
Maybe it was "sueey-cide".
Splitter!
Thanks for the good news.
These boys don't play together very nicely.
Omar Hadid?
Wonder who just got offed.......hmmmm.
Like trapped rats the insurgents are now devouring each other.
I like your analogy!
I read somewhere on a thread today that five guys were found shot in the back of the head. I wonder whether that was a different group than this account. In any event, this is a very interesting bit of news.
Interesting to know exactly what the rift was about. My bet is that the locals wanted to hide their weapons and disappear into the masses but the foreigners wanted everyone to stand and fight.
Can we get the Democrats to do the same? ;)
Saves me a few tax dollars.
Thanks, hell-spawn vermin.
Great developments.......It is also going to save the lives of our boys if a few more terrorists are dead.
I suspect the terrorists will be taking the moving vans to Mosel next.....stir up the Arab transplants against the Kurds maybe....just a hunch.
It still looks like most of the terrorists got out as a result of our political correct warnings.Let's get out of Iraq as soon as possible with the least amount of casualties.If the Iraq citizens want some kind of democracy,let them fight for it.
If I remember correctly, that gentleman was the Popular Front of Judea. LOL great picture.
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