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Senior al-Qaeda leader killed by his son over loot division in Diala
VOI ^ | Oct 31, 2007 | Aswat Al Iraq

Posted on 10/31/2007 6:45:17 AM PDT by ari-freedom

Baaquba, Oct 30, (VOI) - The official spokesman for the Diala Salvation Council said on Tuesday that the irrigation minister of what is called the Islamic State of Iraq armed group was killed by his son over loot division, south of Baaquba.

"Shalal Youssef Zidan, the irrigation minister of the al-Qaeda's Islamic State of Iraq armed group, was killed on Tuesday afternoon in Abu Khamis village in Bahraz district, south of Baaquba, by his son over loot division," Sheikh Sabah Shukr told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"Zidan was hit by several gunshots to several parts of his body after differences with his son over loot division," he also said, providing no more details. For his part, an official source in Dial confirmed the death of Zidan.

"Zidan was included in a list of wanted men," the source added.

Baaquba, capital city of Diala province, is 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

(Excerpt) Read more at aswataliraq.info ...


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1 posted on 10/31/2007 6:45:19 AM PDT by ari-freedom
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To: ari-freedom

Al-Qaeda Irrigation!? With what? Blood?
Good riddance.


2 posted on 10/31/2007 6:46:19 AM PDT by SolidWood ("I knew my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.")
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To: ari-freedom
Ha ha... ... Ha ha...
3 posted on 10/31/2007 6:48:25 AM PDT by Freeport
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To: ari-freedom

What? Doesn’t the koran tell them how to divide the loot?


4 posted on 10/31/2007 6:48:29 AM PDT by null and void (Franz Kafka would have killed himself in despair if he lived in the world we inhabit today.)
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To: SolidWood

I guess it true. There’s no honor among theives.


5 posted on 10/31/2007 6:48:47 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: ari-freedom

You get the impression that “loot division” was a contributing cause?


6 posted on 10/31/2007 6:49:05 AM PDT by csmusaret (Mnimum wage today; maximum wage tomorrow. It's the Socialist way.)
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To: ari-freedom

Al Qaeda has an irrigation minister?


7 posted on 10/31/2007 6:53:21 AM PDT by nuconvert ("Terrorism is not the enemy. It is a means to the ends of militant Islamism." MZJ)
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To: ari-freedom

I guess he needed to be more gentle with his irrigations.


8 posted on 10/31/2007 6:53:35 AM PDT by Melinda
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To: ari-freedom

Couldn’t he just have turned him in and got the reward?


9 posted on 10/31/2007 6:54:27 AM PDT by sweetiepiezer (Duncan Hunter .....................a man of his word.)
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To: ari-freedom

The family that ‘plays together’?


10 posted on 10/31/2007 6:54:55 AM PDT by SueRae
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Maybe I should have said HAD an irrigation minister


11 posted on 10/31/2007 6:55:06 AM PDT by nuconvert ("Terrorism is not the enemy. It is a means to the ends of militant Islamism." MZJ)
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To: Melinda

Loot division? These guys are nothing more than common criminals.


12 posted on 10/31/2007 6:55:37 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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To: nuconvert
I presume he and his crew were shaking down farmers by threatening to wreck their irrigation systems unless they forked over dough/recruits for Al-Qaeda.

Hence "irrigation minister."

13 posted on 10/31/2007 6:57:38 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
Loot division? These guys are nothing more than common criminals.

Keep in mind that they belong to a religion founded by a man whose profession was that of a bandit specializing in robbing caravans.

14 posted on 10/31/2007 6:59:33 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
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To: ari-freedom

Now I love those cowboys, I love their gold
I love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, I grabbed that gold
And I left his dead ass there by the side of the road

Me and My Uncle, Grateful Dead


15 posted on 10/31/2007 7:01:31 AM PDT by Huck (Soylent Green is People.)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
Shades of the old Soviet empire. For all their philosophizing and high-sounding ideals and words of universal solidarity and worker's freedom, they were really nothing more than corrupt and bloated union thugs out to rip off their constituents.
16 posted on 10/31/2007 7:01:59 AM PDT by Hornitos
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To: nuconvert

Sounds as if he got irrigated himself.


17 posted on 10/31/2007 7:02:07 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Go Hawks !)
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To: ari-freedom

I have a simple question: If someone who is an illegal shows up to get a driver’s license, why wouldn’t we just arrest and deport them and how in a debate between 7? people and two moderators did nobody bring that fact up?

It is a testament to how far removed from reality the Dems. are.


18 posted on 10/31/2007 7:02:11 AM PDT by rightdawg
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To: null and void

Actually, I think it only specifies Allah’s cut...


19 posted on 10/31/2007 7:03:26 AM PDT by Little Ray (Rudy Guiliani: If his wives can't trust him, why should we?)
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To: wideawake

“I presume he and his crew were shaking down farmers by threatening to wreck their irrigation systems unless they forked over dough/recruits for Al-Qaeda.”

I think that’s probably a pretty accurate job description


20 posted on 10/31/2007 7:05:52 AM PDT by nuconvert ("Terrorism is not the enemy. It is a means to the ends of militant Islamism." MZJ)
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