January 12, 2005

Six al Qaeda Operatives Arrested over Baghdad Governor Assasination

I wasn't around when the governor was killed, but Chad guest posted on it here. Via Chad at In the Bullpen this Reuters story:

U.S. troops have arrested six suspects in the assassination of Baghdad's provincial governor, the highest-ranking official hit so far in attacks to sabotage Iraq's Jan. 30 election, the military said on Wednesday.

Acting on a tip from residents, soldiers seized the suspected insurgents on Tuesday in a house in western Baghdad, U.S. officials said....

"We were able to act on this intelligence and detain these guys without firing a shot," said Major Web Wright, an army spokesman. The military said the men were being held for questioning.

Good news. These guys were agents of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al Qaedi in Iraq.

Posted by: Rusty at 02:16 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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1 Sure hope those guys don't get Jack Bauer for an interrogator. Actually, scratch that; I think that's a *wonderful* idea. Cheers, Dave at Garfield Ridge

Posted by: Dave at Garfield Ridge at January 12, 2005 02:34 PM (rV7Dk)

2 The best part of that article is "Acting on a tip from residents." Now that is good news. Cindy

Posted by: firstbrokenangel at January 12, 2005 04:13 PM (D39Vm)

3 Right on Cindy.

Posted by: greyrooster at January 12, 2005 06:40 PM (R0PwA)

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