Guest Thaqalain Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 The dead included an al Qaeda leader known as the "Emir of Baghdad" who planned an attack on a Catholic church last October in which more than 50 people died, said Major-General Qassim al-Moussawi, Baghdad's security spokesman. The skirmish at a counter-terrorism unit in Baghdad's central Karrada district began when a prisoner grabbed a gun from a guard, killed several guards and Interior Ministry officers, and gave a weapon to other inmates, Moussawi said. "Security forces and guards responded to the jail of the counter-terrorism department and killed 11 terrorist-prisoners ... including Huthaifa al-Batawi, the Emir of Baghdad, who was in charge of planning the church attack," Moussawi said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest x Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 l-Battawi's hands had just been untied for his interrogation when he grabbed the weapon. The detainee killed the guard, moved into one of the rooms and killed another guard and took his weapon, al-Moussawi said. In all, the detainees managed to seize four weapons including an assault rifle. An Iraqi lawmaker on the security and defense committee, Hakim al-Zamili, said they also managed to get their hands on grenades. The prisoners then entered the office of Brigadier Muaeid Mohammed Saleh, the head of a department responsible for combating terrorism and organized crime in eastern Baghdad, and shot him along with another officer who was in the room. Read more: http://www.macon.com/2011/05/07/1552503/officials-5-killed-in-a-robbery.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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