Friday, March 02, 2007
Islamic State of Iraq kidnaps Interior Ministry employees
Security
(SITE) According to a communique published on jihadist forums on Thursday, March 1, 2007, the Islamic State of Iraq has announced the capture of eighteen employees of the Ministry of the Interior in Diyala, Iraq. The communique states that "This blessed operation is in response to the crimes carried out by those apostates in their fight against the Sunnis…including raping our sister in Allah, 'Sabrina al-Janabi.'" Sabrin al-Janabi, a Sunni Iraqi woman, recently claimed she was raped by several Shi'a officers.
The Islamic State of Iraq has given the Iraqi government 24 hours to respond to two demands:
1. "Handing over the officers involved in the heinous act against our pious sister."
2. "The release of all Sunni Muslim sisters from the prisons of the apostate [Ministry of] Interior."
To back up their claim, the Islamic State of Iraq posted ten pictures depicting masked gunman holding 18 blindfolded men, some in army uniforms, hostage.
The Islamic State of Iraq has given the Iraqi government 24 hours to respond to two demands:
1. "Handing over the officers involved in the heinous act against our pious sister."
2. "The release of all Sunni Muslim sisters from the prisons of the apostate [Ministry of] Interior."
To back up their claim, the Islamic State of Iraq posted ten pictures depicting masked gunman holding 18 blindfolded men, some in army uniforms, hostage.
Labels: Diyala, Islamic State of Iraq, kidnapping, Ministry of Interior
