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.
This can't be true. The MSM has run story after story of how the terrorists "love death as much as we love life". Raising your hands in surrender isn't consistent with "loving death". The MSM wouldn't publish enemy propaganda as fact, would they???
Ping
Thanks for the good news.
I hope Iraq sentences this guy to death.
Vigorously?
"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."
It would be a safe bet that these Islamofascists/kazis are wishing that the Americans were in charge of them and putting Victoria Secret panties on their heads.
This is great news, and more of the long distance tie ins with Syria, Iran and ? are being discovered as we read this.
His head should be placed on a platter and sent to that fatboy in a headscarf, Al-Sadr.
I'm sure the news was a blow to Saddam.
Jaysh Muhammad (The Army of Muhammad):
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/jaysh-muhammad.htm
The phones, the phones are ringing in Tehran...Didn't Tehran get very very cooperative this weekend with the nuclear file?
I had no doubt we would find Fallujah a big ammo depot. Saddam said before the war that the US would face war in the cities. He definitely meant Fallujah.
COL (chuckling out loud)!!
Yeah, baby! The hits just keep on comin'
The capture of Fallujah is going to pay huge dividends in intelligence for future arrests. Great news.
I've heard of this guy........hmmmmm.
Are they the folks who kidnapped his cousin?
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