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Iraq raid nets Hassan murder suspects
Reuters ^

Posted on 05/01/2005 5:55:35 AM PDT by jmc1969

US and Iraqi forces raided a suspected insurgent hide-out near Baghdad and arrested several people believed linked to the killing of British aid worker Margaret Hassan.

Iraqi police say the raids happened near the town of Madaen, about 40 kilometres south-east of Baghdad.

They say 11 people have been detained, including five of who have admitted complicity in the murder of Ms Hassan.

Ms Hassan, a British national who was head of CARE International in Iraq, was kidnapped last October.

She was killed about a month later after appealing in video messages made by her abductors for British forces to withdraw from Iraq.

"We are aware that a raid was conducted and that items were recovered that we believe may belong to Margaret Hassan," a spokesman for the British embassy said.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: captured; hassan; hostages; iraq; margarethassan

1 posted on 05/01/2005 5:55:35 AM PDT by jmc1969
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To: jmc1969

11 captured? We really only needed one of these guys.


2 posted on 05/01/2005 5:57:29 AM PDT by muawiyah
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