Posted on 08/03/2003 7:29:42 AM PDT by knighthawk
Unidentified assailants have assassinated Shaykh Sha'lan Munif al-Faysal, better known as Sha'lan al-Jarbah, one of the tribal chieftains of Shammar, a big Iraqi tribe, in Iraq.
News reports said that the incident took place in the city of Mosul when gunmen attacked the car in which Sha'lan al-Jarbah was travelling and exchanged fire with him. As a result, Al-Jarbah and his driver as well as one of the assailants were killed.
Sources said there were conflicting reports on the motives for the assassination. Some people said that the assassination is a crime, whereas others said that the incident is probably related to a role that Al-Jarbah might have played in telling the Americans about Uday and Qusay's hideout.
Shaykh Sha'lan al-Jarbah had returned to Iraq following a period of time in which he was a fugitive and an exile. He bears a Jordanian passport.
Let me get this straight. This guy turns in a couple of wanted criminals but the BBC thinks it is NOT a crime when the criminals' associates take revenge?
What a creepy example of slanting the news.
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