Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Sayid Al Sistani’s Representative Assassinated In Basrah
Security
(Addustour Newspaper) - 3 SEP - Two gunmen have assassinated Al Sayid Muslim Al Battat, the Imam of the Al Orwat Al Wouthqa (Shiite) Mosque (located) in Basrah (city). Meanwhile, the (Basrah) office of the Mihrab Martyr Institute was fired upon by unidentified gunmen; one (of the Institute’s) guard was wounded.
On Friday night, two gunmen, riding on a motorcycle, killed Al Sayid Muslim Al Battat, the Imam of the Al Orwat Al Wouthqa (Shiite) Mosque… (Imam Al Batat was) also was a representative for Sayid Al Sistani in Basrah Province. (His assassination occurred) in the Al Farsi area (of Basrah), while he (the Imam) was leaving his Mosque and returning home...his brother and cousin were with him (at the time of this attack)
All of the preceding statements are based on reports from an anonymous source in the (Basrah) Province Police Commander’s office. Meanwhile, according to eyewitnesses (elsewhere in Basrah): the (Basrah) office of the Mihrab Martyr Institute was fired upon by unidentified gunmen…in a car. One (of the Institute’s) guard was wounded; he was transported to the hospital.
Basrah City witnessed a security alert on Wednesday, due to recent events in Karbala. On the other hand a Basrah Police source stated: a police officer (an IP Captain) was released by the unidentified gunmen who had kidnapped him a week ago, south of Basrah city. The source explained, “One week after Captain Firas Saddoun Jassim was kidnapped…his kidnappers released him.” The source added, “This officer (CPT Jasim) is a Captain in a ‘special missions unit’ in Basrah. He was abducted by unidentified gunmen… a week ago, near his home in (Basrah’s) Asdiqaa neighborhood.” This source did not clarify: who had abducted this officer, or how he was released.
On Friday night, two gunmen, riding on a motorcycle, killed Al Sayid Muslim Al Battat, the Imam of the Al Orwat Al Wouthqa (Shiite) Mosque… (Imam Al Batat was) also was a representative for Sayid Al Sistani in Basrah Province. (His assassination occurred) in the Al Farsi area (of Basrah), while he (the Imam) was leaving his Mosque and returning home...his brother and cousin were with him (at the time of this attack)
All of the preceding statements are based on reports from an anonymous source in the (Basrah) Province Police Commander’s office. Meanwhile, according to eyewitnesses (elsewhere in Basrah): the (Basrah) office of the Mihrab Martyr Institute was fired upon by unidentified gunmen…in a car. One (of the Institute’s) guard was wounded; he was transported to the hospital.
Basrah City witnessed a security alert on Wednesday, due to recent events in Karbala. On the other hand a Basrah Police source stated: a police officer (an IP Captain) was released by the unidentified gunmen who had kidnapped him a week ago, south of Basrah city. The source explained, “One week after Captain Firas Saddoun Jassim was kidnapped…his kidnappers released him.” The source added, “This officer (CPT Jasim) is a Captain in a ‘special missions unit’ in Basrah. He was abducted by unidentified gunmen… a week ago, near his home in (Basrah’s) Asdiqaa neighborhood.” This source did not clarify: who had abducted this officer, or how he was released.
Labels: Al Sayid Muslim Al Battat, assassination, Basra, Sistani
