Iraqi Qaeda says it will kill 20 soldiers, police

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Iraqi Qaeda says it will kill 20 soldiers, police
17 Apr 2007 11:35:37 GMT
Source: Reuters

DUBAI, April 17 (Reuters) - A group linked to al Qaeda said
on Tuesday it had decided to kill 20 Iraqi troops and policemen
whom it had kidnapped, after the government failed to meet a
deadline to free female prisoners, according to a Web statement.

"Our Islamic court ... has ruled (to execute) them and we shall
soon issue pictures of it," said the Internet posting from the
self-styled Islamic State in Iraq.

On Saturday, the group said it was giving the government 48
hours to free all Sunni Muslim women held in Iraq's prisons,
saying otherwise it would kill the 20 men, whose pictures it
published.

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Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17517687.htm

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Source: Agence France-Presse

Iraq denies Qaeda claim that police slain

43 minutes ago

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq's interior ministry on Tuesday firmly
denied a claim by an Al-Qaeda-led militant group that it had
kidnapped and killed 20 Iraqi policemen.

"The 'Islamic State of Iraq' is claiming it kidnapped a number
of police. We checked the report and we found out it was
untrue. It is a misleading report," said Brigadier General
Abdel Karim Khalaf.

Khalaf, director of the interior ministry's national command
centre, said: "It is funny that they are speaking about
kidnapping... Our police reports say no policemen are
missing."

Separately, defence ministry spokesman Mohammed al-Askari
said no Iraqi soldiers were missing.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070417/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestqaedaclaimdeny_070417125049

[acmavm]

1. If I was ever asked to describe Hell, I'd just say the word 'Iraq'

[jmc247]

2. Was anyone expecting them to do anything else?

[pampango]

3. I am sure that few of us are shocked that the captives will be killed.

I imagine that most can guess as to the means by which they will be killed.

[Eugene]

4. Web claim: 20 Iraq security forces executed

Source: CNN

Web claim: 20 Iraq security forces executed
POSTED: 1:54 p.m. EDT, April 17, 2007

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
• Insurgents kill 20 members of security forces, according
   to unverified claim
• U.S. military retracts statement that failed vehicle bomb
   involved nitric acid
• Gunmen shoot dead Baghdad University professor

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Insurgents executed 20 members of Iraq's security
forces who were seized last week, according to a claim posted on the
Internet on Tuesday.

The Islamic State of Iraq -- an umbrella group of Sunni extremists that
includes al Qaeda in Iraq -- claims it carried out the executions.

The authenticity of the claim has not been verified.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/17/iraq.main/index.html

[bgrind]

5. Iraqi Qaeda says it will kill 20 soldiers, police

This is what the enemy is:  Look.  This is evil.  There is no
other word for it. 
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f7f_1177010343&p=1