"Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead."
Posted on 09/16/2007 11:45:56 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
A suspected Al Qaeda in Iraq fighter believed responsible for the assassination of a U.S.-allied Sunni tribal leader in Anbar province was arrested north of Baghdad, the military said Sunday.
Fallah Khalifa Hiyas Fayyas al-Jumayli, an Iraqi also known as Abu Khamis, was seized Saturday in a raid west of Balad after intelligence reports linked him to the killing of Sheik Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha, the military said.
He was not believed to be acting alone and the search continued for other suspects, military spokesman Rear. Adm. Mark Fox said.
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Maybe after a thorough interogation they could turn him over to Sheik Risha’s kin to deal with?
Not just saddened....blaming the U.S. for the assasination...
Iraq: Bicycle Bomb Strikes, 5 Dead
Snort.
great news!
GUILTY!
How come all these terrorists have two or three names?? Do they all have to be abu or mohammed??
BTTT!
So who was he? Iraqi rival tribe? Working for a rival in the Sheik’s own tribe? Saudi?
U.S. Seizes Suspect in Killing of Sunni Sheik in Iraq
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An American military statement announced the arrest of the suspect, Fallah Khalifa Fayyas al-Jumaili, after a raid near Balad, north of Baghdad. Mr. Jumaili, also known as Abu Khamis, had been involved in a plot to kill several Sunni leaders working with the Americans against Sunni extremists, the statement said.
It was unclear what role he might have played in last week’s killing of the tribal leader, Abdul Sattar Buzaigh al-Rishawi, also known as Abu Risha. Maj. Jeff Pool, a military spokesman in western Baghdad, said he could not share the collected evidence “without compromising our sources and methods.”
“The information which we received following the death directly implicated Abu Khamis in Sattar’s death in a clear and unmistakable way,” he said.
Pressure has been building to find the killers — and to show that his demise would not derail the broader so-called Sunni awakening that unified several tribes against Sunni extremists.
We need to leave Iraq now and give the likes of these elongated hyphenated named people the chance to become more worldly at their own personal discretion and stop killing them indiscreetly!
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Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi
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Uh oh, in the best sense of the phrase of course.
Yes,...I liked the way they phrased that statement!
Wow. That was fast. Surf’s up for this guy, I bet.
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