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becca1223
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 Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:19 pm Post subject: Citizens Turn Over 'Butcher of Ramadi' to Iraqi, U.S. Troops |
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| Quote: | Citizens Turn Over 'Butcher of Ramadi' to Iraqi, U.S. Troops
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2005 – The terrorist known as "the Butcher of Ramadi" was detained today, turned in by local citizens in the provincial capital of Iraq's Anbar province, U.S. military officials in Iraq reported.
Amir Khalaf Fanus -- listed third on a "high-value individuals" list of terrorists wanted by the 28th Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team -- was wanted for criminal activities including murder and kidnapping. Ramadi citizens brought him to an Iraqi and U.S. forces military base in Ramadi, where he was taken into custody.
Fanus was well known for his crimes against the local populace. He is the highest-ranking al Qaeda in Iraq member to be turned in to Iraqi and U.S. officials by local citizens.
His capture is another indication that the local citizens tire of the terrorists' presence within their community, Multinational Force Iraq officials said, adding that Iraqi and U.S. forces have witnessed increasing signs of citizens fighting the terrorists in Ramadi as the Dec. 15 national elections draw near.
Officials said 1,200 more Iraqi soldiers recently have been posted in Ramadi. About 1,100 Iraqi special police commandos and a mechanized Iraqi army company completed their planned movement into the city. This plan has Iraqi security forces assuming more of the security responsibilities from the U.S. forces, officials said. As in other locations, as security improves, Iraqi police also will be introduced gradually.
(From a Multinational Force Iraq news release.)
http://www.dod.gov/news/Dec2005/20051209_3596.html |
NY Times will pick up the story when the detainee (the Butcher) starts complaining that he wasn't given the brand of cigarettes he requested. |
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Me#1You#10
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| Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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Here's the LA Times' treatment, and additional positive anecdotes on the upcoming election...relegated to the bottom of a story on the captive peace activists and other missing hostages...
| Quote: | Pleas Made for Lives of 4 Hostages
As kidnappers' deadline approaches today, calls build for release of the humanitarian workers.
By Louise Roug, Times Staff Writer
December 10, 2005
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A statement from the U.S. military said Friday that Marines in Ramadi had arrested a local leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq. It identified the man as Amir Khalaf Fanus, and said he also was known as "the Butcher."
The military said Fanus, who was wanted on charges including murder and kidnapping, was the highest-ranking member of the group to be turned in by local Iraqis.
In Baghdad on Friday, talk among worshipers outside the Abu Hanifa Mosque focused on the national election, scheduled for Thursday.
Abu Ahmad, 46, said he didn't vote in January, but he planned to this time.
"We are all going to participate in the elections," he said, referring to the residents of his largely Sunni neighborhood. Many Sunnis boycotted the January vote for Iraq's transitional National Assembly.
During Friday prayers in cities throughout Iraq, many clerics urged worshipers to vote.
"This is the last call," Ali Alzand, a Sunni cleric, told followers at Baghdad's Umm Qura Mosque. To avoid being marginalized again, Sunnis should vote as families, Alzand said.
One of the worshipers, Ahmed Hindi Mahmoud Alhiiti, a marble factory owner, said he feared fraud and violence on election day but would vote for one of the Sunni slates.
He said he had gotten Alzand's message: "Your vote is a trust that you will be asked about on Judgment Day."
LA Times - cont'd |
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Leeman
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| Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the nice post great to read !!!!!
I wonder how our friends who advocate "CUT & RUN" will twist & distort this report !!!
oh my I forgot we must have a benchmark !!!!!
And I do hope they are not too harsh with "The butcher of Ramadi"
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LewWaters
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| Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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How long until the DNC (NY) Times runs an Op-ed Piece describing how the Multi-National Force is actually a loose band of renegade Americans that paid some fearful Iraqis to act as if they brought in this "innocent" man for torture at the hands of the power hungry out of control Roveites?
I think it's great to see the Iraqis tiring of these ******** in their communities, I just wish the Alphabet Leftstream Media could find their way to truthful and honest reporting for a change. |
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