Iraqi general kidnapped in Baghdad

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Gunmen kidnapped a senior adviser to the Iraqi defence minister in Baghdad, his family and a ministry official said Saturday.

Lieutenant General Thamer Sultan, a Sunni who once served as a divisional commander in ousted dictator Saddam Hussein's armed forces, was snatched in the Jamiaa district of western Baghdad, they said.

Sultan works as an adviser to Iraq's defence minister, Abdel Qader Jassim Mohammed, another Sunni. He hails from Saddam's home town, Tikrit.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070303/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestkidnap_070303162044

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Well, things are just going swimmingly over there

[ohio2007]

2. once served as a divisional commander in ousted dictator Saddam Hussein

But was he a member of the republican Guard?

[Eugene]

3. AP: Iraqi Defense Official Freed in Baghdad

Iraqi Defense Official Freed in Baghdad


Sunday March 4, 2007 7:46 AM

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A kidnapped Iraqi defense official was freed Sunday
after Iraqi security forces stormed a house where he had been held, a
government spokesman said.

Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Mousawi, a spokesman for the security crackdown under
way in Baghdad, said Iraqi agents were acting on a tip when they raided a
house in western Baghdad early Sunday.

Lt. Gen. Thamir Sultan, a Defense Ministry adviser who was abducted in the
same area a day earlier, was freed in the raid, al-Mousawi said. All four of
his captors were arrested.

Sultan hails from Saddam Hussein's tribe and had been mentioned as a possible
defense minister when the current government was organized last year.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6456289,00.html

[ohio2007]

4. Baathists blood links run deep.

...." Sultan hails from Saddam Hussein's tribe and had been mentioned as a possible
defense minister when the current government was organized last year.
".....

al Queda must be getting sloppy. As news of his capture and who Sultin is got around....