ZARQAWI TAPE
Zarqawi justifies Muslim deaths
Dubai - Anti-US attacks in Iraq which also kill Muslim civilians, do not violate Islamic law, al-Qaeda's feared frontman in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said in a purported tape posted on the internet on Wednesday.
The recording emerged as the US military said that leaders close to Zarqawi had ordered a recent car bombing campaign that has killed hundreds in Iraq.
"Our fighters only take the initiative of carrying out such operations in line with the principles of the sharia," said the voice attributed to the fugitive leader who has a $25m price on his head.
"It is legitimate to shoot all infidels with all the kinds of arms that we have," said the voice, similar to those in earlier recordings attributed to Zarqawi.
"Killing Muslims who are serving as human shields (for the Americans) is allowed by the sharia," he said, backing his arguments with statements from several Muslim clergymen.
In the audiotape, Zarqawi mentioned the death of Pope John Paul II - which indicated that the message was recorded after April 2. (snip)
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N.C. airport workers arrested on alleged immigration violations
5/18/2005 11:26 AM
By: Associated Press
Nine workers who service U.S. Navy planes at a Winston-Salem airport were arrested Tuesday on alleged immigration violations.
Reports say agents from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office made the arrests at Aerospace Manufacturing, Incorporated. They believe those arrested are working illegally in the United States.
The "Operation Shield America" raid at Smith-Reynolds Airport is aimed at finding illegal aliens doing work for the Pentagon.
Reports also said that those arrested were working on P-3 Orions - surveillance planes known as "submarine killers."
The suspects are in the Forsyth County Jail, and may be deported to their home countries in the United Kingdom later this week.(snip)
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