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Iraq arrests 'terrorists linked to Iran'
Al Bawaba, the Middle East Gateway ^ | July 23 2002

Posted on 07/23/2002 9:20:52 AM PDT by knighthawk

Iraqi security authorities announced Tuesday the arrest of two "terrorists linked to Iran," saying the pair would make public confessions, the official INA news agency revealed.

"Hamza Qassem Sabbat, alias Abu Haitham, and Ibrahim Abd Jassem Mohammad, alias Abu Ayyub, would divulge "the terrorist actions carried out by the agencies of the Iranian regime which are in tune with enemy goals against our country's security," a statement from the public security department said.

Iraq's security services managed to infiltrate "the labyrinths of treason thanks to a well-studied security plan and to strike at terror and its perpetrators," the statement added.

Since the end of its 1980-1988 war with Iran, Iraq has regularly reported attacks and acts of sabotage on its territory, attributing them to Tehran or "Iranian agents."


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arrests; ayub; haitham; iran; iraq; sabbat; terrorists

1 posted on 07/23/2002 9:20:52 AM PDT by knighthawk
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2 posted on 07/23/2002 9:21:27 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk
Tyrants can't exist without outside enemies from which to protect their suppressed masses.
3 posted on 07/23/2002 9:34:02 AM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot
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To: knighthawk
Perhaps there is a second Iraq/Iran war brewing.
4 posted on 07/23/2002 9:35:49 AM PDT by RightWhale
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To: RightWhale
Nah, happens all the time there:

Iranian naval units trade fire with phony Iraqi fishermen

5 posted on 07/23/2002 9:40:53 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: RightWhale
Perhaps there is a second Iraq/Iran war brewing.

We can only hope!!! Let them kill each other and save some of our own. Oh wait, that's not very GLOBAL and SENSITIVE of me.

6 posted on 07/23/2002 9:49:26 AM PDT by AmericanCompatriot
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