Thursday, March 15, 2007
Ansar al-Sunnah kidnap senior officer
Security
(SITE) In one of several communiqués issued by Ansar al-Sunnah on Wednesday, March 14, 2007, claiming attacks on Iraqi security forces, the group states they captured a senior Iraqi military officer, providing several of his identification cards. The officer, Jamal Rashed Muhammad Ali, indicated by Ansar al-Sunnah to be a general and his ID to be a director of the Air Force, was captured following an ambush setup in the Karkh section of Baghdad.
A date is not given for this operation. According to the message, Rashed is currently being interrogated, and is one of those who responded to the appeal of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to participate in the “war against the Mujahideen.” Additionally, addressing a message to every officer of every rank in the former Iraqi army, Ansar al-Sunnah asks them to consider what happened to Rashed as proof that Maliki cannot protect them.
Labels: abduction, Ansar al-Sunnah, Jamal Rashed Muhammad Ali
