.Iraq and coalition forces 'detain, kill suspect terrorist leaders'
Baghdad - Iraqi national security advisor Mowafaq al-Rabie announced on Tuesday that alleged suspect terrorists were arrested and killed by Iraqi and US-led coalition security forces.
Speaking at a press conference, al-Rabie said that 'terrorist' leaders of the Badr Brigade were either killed or arrested and that four members of al-Qaeda-linked Omar Brigade were captured.
The Badr Brigade is an army of Shiite militants under the command of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution of Iraq (SCIRI).
The Omar Brigade was founded by slain al-Qaeda leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, to fight the Badr Brigade.
Al-Rabie said that the Omar Brigade, which comprises foreign fighters, made up the infamous 'death squad' groups believed to be behind most sectarian killings in the country.
'The Omar Brigade is known to recruit foreign terrorists by promising them that they will fight Iranians but in fact they kill Iraqis,' he said.
Al-Rabie said the leader of the Abu Othman cell was arrested.
Abu Othman claimed responsibility for the Sadr city bombing that killed 62 people and injured 114 on July 1, and had previously pledged allegiance to al-Zarqawi and confessed to being the leader of the group.
Abu Aisha, said to be responsible for funding al-Qaeda in Baghdad and killing 1,000 people, was also arrested.
Zamel, alias Abu Ehab, who specializes in recruiting terrorists, and Mahmoud, also known as Abu Islam, who is in charge of the legal and religious affairs of the group, were both arrested by the security forces.
The Iraqi government's priority is to tackle the 'death squads' regardless of which sect these group belong to, al-Rabie said.
The Iraqi national security advisor said that the Iraqi security troops would stay vigilant in order to eliminate the violence- perpetrating groups.
Interrogation of the arrested suspect terrorists was underway, he added.
'The new Iraq welcomes those who abandon weapons and undertake peaceful means, such as the ballot box in order to establish a constitutional parliamentary system in Iraq,' al-Rabie said.
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Speaking at a press conference, al-Rabie said that 'terrorist' leaders of the Badr Brigade were either killed or arrested and that four members of al-Qaeda-linked Omar Brigade were captured.
The Badr Brigade is an army of Shiite militants under the command of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution of Iraq (SCIRI).
The Omar Brigade was founded by slain al-Qaeda leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, to fight the Badr Brigade.
Al-Rabie said that the Omar Brigade, which comprises foreign fighters, made up the infamous 'death squad' groups believed to be behind most sectarian killings in the country.
'The Omar Brigade is known to recruit foreign terrorists by promising them that they will fight Iranians but in fact they kill Iraqis,' he said.
Al-Rabie said the leader of the Abu Othman cell was arrested.
Abu Othman claimed responsibility for the Sadr city bombing that killed 62 people and injured 114 on July 1, and had previously pledged allegiance to al-Zarqawi and confessed to being the leader of the group.
Abu Aisha, said to be responsible for funding al-Qaeda in Baghdad and killing 1,000 people, was also arrested.
Zamel, alias Abu Ehab, who specializes in recruiting terrorists, and Mahmoud, also known as Abu Islam, who is in charge of the legal and religious affairs of the group, were both arrested by the security forces.
The Iraqi government's priority is to tackle the 'death squads' regardless of which sect these group belong to, al-Rabie said.
The Iraqi national security advisor said that the Iraqi security troops would stay vigilant in order to eliminate the violence- perpetrating groups.
Interrogation of the arrested suspect terrorists was underway, he added.
'The new Iraq welcomes those who abandon weapons and undertake peaceful means, such as the ballot box in order to establish a constitutional parliamentary system in Iraq,' al-Rabie said.
M&C
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