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  • Iraq Foils Plot to Put {421 al-Qaida} Terrorists at Posts {around Green Zone}

    03/14/2006 11:00:37 AM PST · by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget · 166 replies · 5,900+ views
    Yahoo/AP ^ | 03/14/06 | BASSEM MROUE
    BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi interior minister said Tuesday that authorities had foiled an al-Qaida plot that would have put hundreds of its men at critical guard posts around Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, home to the U.S. and other foreign embassies as well as the Iraqi government. A senior Defense Ministry official said the 421 al-Qaida fighters were actually recruited to storm the U.S. and British embassies and take hostages. Several ranking Defense Ministry officials have been jailed in the plot, the official said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information. Interior Minister Bayan Jabr,...
  • US Calls For Sacking Of Iraq's Interior Minister Over Sunni Prisoner Abuse

    12/16/2005 7:42:31 PM PST · by blam · 4 replies · 396+ views
    The Guardian (UK) ^ | 12-17-2005 | Jonathan Steele
    US calls for sacking of Iraq's interior minister over Sunni prisoner abuse Jonathan Steele Saturday December 17, 2005 The Guardian (UK) The US is pressing for the sacking of Bayan Jabr, Iraq's Shia interior minister, whose staff have been discovered to be torturing Sunni prisoners. With a strong Sunni role in Iraq's next government apparently secure after their high turnout in Thursday's election, US officials want to ensure that cabinet posts are no longer exploited for sectarian or partisan ends. Sunnis have long complained that the interior ministry is one of the worst offenders. Inspections of two detention centres on...