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Allawi Announces Arrest of Militant Group
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Posted on 11/15/2004 9:13:38 AM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The leader of a militant group involved in beheading hostages and other attacks has been arrested and the group was broken up, Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said Monday.
Allawi identified the group as Jaish Muhammad, Arabic for Muhammad's Army. The group "has been arrested ... We arrested their leader," Allawi said, identifying him as Moayad Ahmed Yasseen, also known as Abu Ahmed.
Muhammad's Army was known to have cooperated with Jordanian terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and al-Qaida and Saddam loyalists and was responsible for killing and beheading a number of Iraqis, Arabs and foreigners in Iraq (news - web sites), Allawi said.
"They were planning to destroy Fallujah...by blowing up important positions," he said. "They have extensions abroad that I cannot talk about now." Allawi did not say how many members of the group were captured or what kidnappings the group has been involved in.
The militant group was arrested during U.S.-led military operations in Fallujah, the television station said.
Allawi also said officials had arrested members of another group, whom he did not name. He said they have been detained and will be interrogated.
The U.S. military has said in the past that Jaish Mohammed appears to be an umbrella group for former intelligence agents, army, security officials, and Baath Party members.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; kewl; offwiththeirheads; poscaptured
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Woo Hoo!....Quagmire?
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posted on
11/15/2004 9:16:10 AM PST
by
hoosiermama
(Pray without ceasing for our President and our nation.)
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
"They were planning to destroy Fallujah...by blowing up important positions," he said. "They have extensions abroad that I cannot talk about now." Allawi did not say how many members of the group were captured or what kidnappings the group has been involved in. But now they can't -- thanks to the U.S. Marines and the Iraqi National Guards.
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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posted on
11/15/2004 9:16:18 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(The Left's train of thought has derailed.)
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Seems like we have received LOTS of intel...
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posted on
11/15/2004 9:16:23 AM PST
by
STFrancis
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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posted on
11/15/2004 9:16:52 AM PST
by
mrs tiggywinkle
(four more years sound leadership! Go Bush!!!)
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Great News! I thought we weren't making progress against terror. Kerry and Annan would be asking that he be released, I suspect.
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posted on
11/15/2004 9:16:55 AM PST
by
discipler
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Key Terrorist group that saddam's thugs set up is taken down ... sweet!
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posted on
11/15/2004 9:19:08 AM PST
by
WOSG
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
"They have extensions abroad that I cannot talk about now."Syria or France?
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posted on
11/15/2004 9:19:23 AM PST
by
m1-lightning
(God, Guns, and Country!)
To: m1-lightning
Praise God!!! I pray the thugs fall like Autumn leaves...fast and furious!!!
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posted on
11/15/2004 9:23:34 AM PST
by
Woogit
(IN GOD I TRUST...NO MATTER WHAT!)
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Also heard that our forces have found TONS of munitions, weapons, explosices etc. This is very good. When the vermin scurried away, they left they hardware behind. Spitballs against Battle Tanks is no contest.
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posted on
11/15/2004 9:24:22 AM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Time to let slip the dogs...)
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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posted on
11/15/2004 9:25:36 AM PST
by
showme_the_Glory
(No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody got a peanut.....)
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Break out the underwear!!!
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posted on
11/15/2004 9:25:49 AM PST
by
rudypoot
(We, the american people, made it clear where we stand. We stand with Bush.)
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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posted on
11/15/2004 9:25:59 AM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Truth, Justice and the Texan Way)
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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posted on
11/15/2004 9:26:14 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions=Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
To: STFrancis
With this new capture, and a few electrodes ( :-) ), we should get even more intel.......
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posted on
11/15/2004 9:26:46 AM PST
by
roaddog727
(The marginal propensity to save is 1 minus the marginal propensity to consume.)
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Take comfort that the interrogation techniques may be left over from the previous regime.
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posted on
11/15/2004 9:27:21 AM PST
by
granite
(THIS IS NOT A DRILL. THE NEXT FOUR YEARS START TODAY.)
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
This is excellent!
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posted on
11/15/2004 9:27:56 AM PST
by
Preachin'
(Where is Murrymom?)
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Would like to see them DEAD...
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posted on
11/15/2004 9:27:59 AM PST
by
clwilli
(From The Socialists Republic of Portland)
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