Iraq Circulates Photos of Wanted Zarqawi:
March 8, 2005 9:07 PM:
United Press International
The Iraqi government put two new photograph's of the country's most-wanted man, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, into circulation Tuesday, The Telegraph reports.
Zarqawi is suspected of being behind many of the country's worst insurgent attacks, including last week's explosion in Hilla that killed 125 people, and the beheading of British hostage Kenneth Bigley. The United States is offering a $25 million bounty for information leading to his arrest.
The new photographs were published in newspapers and posted on streets as the city of Samarra was surrounded by U.S. troops and Iraqi army soldiers on intelligence reports Zarqawi was hiding in the insurgent stronghold north of Baghdad.
One photograph shows him bearded with cropped hair, and in the other he is wearing a black and white patterned headdress. The newspaper said it's believed they were taken within the past two years, although neither provide clues as to his location.
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Israeli Firm Wins US Weapons Contract in Iraq:
March 8, 2005:
JERUSALEM, March 8 (AFP) - Israeli company Palsen Sasa has won a contract to armour US military vehicles in Iraq, company sources said Tuesday.
Under the terms of the contract, the Sasa kibbutz company in the northern Galilee region will provide armour for 2,000 trucks and other vehicles. It will supply kits that can be assembled on site by US troops serving in Iraq.
Aside from the Israeli and US army, Palsen Sasa also supplies the British, Dutch and Indian militaries.
The US military has recently suffered criticism that its vehicles operating in Iraq are insufficiently protected with armour plating.
Source: COPYRIGHT 2005 Agence France-Presse
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