Sunday, May 06, 2007
Ansar al-Sunnah slaughter Iraqi soldier
Insurgency
(Reuters) - An Iraqi militant group posted a video on Sunday showing an insurgent slitting the throat of a National Guard soldier in what it said was an "execution by slaughtering" for an alleged role in sectarian death squads. "After interrogating him the bureau of law and judiciary of the Ansar al-Sunna group issued a sentence that this apostate be slaughtered to become a lesson," the group said in an on-screen statement before showing the beginning of the killing.
The man, who identified himself as Shawkat Hussein Saleh al-Jubouri, was kneeling on the floor, blindfolded and wearing a uniform. Jubouri answered questions of an off-camera interrogator at gun point. He said he was a member of the National Guard then his interrogator asked if he belonged to "the death squads?", the young man answered: "Death squads...", but he did not finish his sentence when he was interrupted by the militant.
Jubouri then heard the sentence before a militant holding a knife in his right hand grabbed him by the hair and began to slit his throat. The rest of the killing was edited out by the group. Before the killing the militant praised the mujahideen as "wolves", which in Iraq indicates bravery. His remarks in several parts of the video were inaudible.
The man, who identified himself as Shawkat Hussein Saleh al-Jubouri, was kneeling on the floor, blindfolded and wearing a uniform. Jubouri answered questions of an off-camera interrogator at gun point. He said he was a member of the National Guard then his interrogator asked if he belonged to "the death squads?", the young man answered: "Death squads...", but he did not finish his sentence when he was interrupted by the militant.
Jubouri then heard the sentence before a militant holding a knife in his right hand grabbed him by the hair and began to slit his throat. The rest of the killing was edited out by the group. Before the killing the militant praised the mujahideen as "wolves", which in Iraq indicates bravery. His remarks in several parts of the video were inaudible.
Sunni Muslim militants say the country's Shi'ite-led government oversees death squads that seek to kill Sunnis or drive them out of Baghdad in a sectarian cleansing bid, a charge the government denies. Iraqi officials have said that the movement of anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr group was infiltrated with what they called "rogue elements" trying to sabotage the political process and were running sectarian death squads. Anasr al-Sunna, a key Sunni Muslim insurgent group, has claimed several abductions and killings since the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. In March it said it killed an abducted Iraqi brigadier general for taking part in alleged attacks on Sunni Muslims.
COMMENT: Ansar al-Sunnah (Followers of the Tradition) is an Iraqi Jihadist group, dedicated to the establishment of an Islamic state based on Shari’ah in Iraq, which they aim to achieve by the defeat of coalition forces and foreign occupation. They believe that jihad in Iraq has become obligatory for Muslims. The group’s membership is varied, and is comprised of operatives from the Kurdish terrorist organization Ansar al-Islam, foreign al-Qaeda operatives, and Iraqi Sunnis. Targets have included coalition military personnel, members of the Iraqi National Guard, new Iraqi governmental institutions, and Kurdish political establishments, which the group sees as puppet regimes of the American occupation. COMMENT ENDS.
Labels: Ansar al-Sunnah, death squads, internet video, Shawkat Hussein Saleh al-Jubouri
