Islamist Websites Monitor No. 111
ISI Kidnaps 14 Iraqi Officers, Threatens to Execute Them Within 72 Hours Unless Its Demands Are Met
In a video released June 11, 2007, the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) announced that it had kidnapped 14 officers affiliated with Iraq's interior and defense ministries, and that they would be executed within 72 hours unless its demands were met. These demands are: The Iraqi government must release all Sunni women prisoners from its jails, and must hand over to the ISI the officers who were involved in the February 2007 rape of Sabrin Al-Janabi, as well as the officers responsible for the killing and expulsion of the Sunni inhabitants of Tal'afar (a town in northwest Iraq) and those who participated in the rape of Sunni women in that town.
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Islamist Websites Monitor No. 112
Syrian Jihad Group to Lebanese Government: Lift Siege From Nahr Al-Bared, or Suffer "Hell, Kidnappings, Sniper Fire, and Beheadings"
Islamist websites have posted a communiqué dated June 11, 2007, by the jihad organization Jama'at Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad in Syria, in which the organization threatens to harm Lebanese interests, officials, and citizens in Syria unless Lebanon lifts the siege from the Nahr Al-Bared refugee camp. The following are excerpts:
"After a meeting between the security liaison of Fath Al-Islam, the commander [of Jama'at Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad in Syria] Abu Jandal Al-Dimashqi, and members of the organization's Shura Council – during which [Abu Jandal] determined the nature of [Fath Al-Islam] and its goals with regard to defending Islam and establishing the Islamic state that is the dream of every Muslim – the Shura Council... took the following decisions:
"[The organization members] must assist Fatah Al-Islam with [their] wealth and [their] lives, and with any equipment necessary for jihad...
"We warn the Lebanese government that unless it lifts the siege [from the Nahr Al-Bared refugee camp], we will target its crucial interests and kidnap its officials and citizens in Syria, and any [attempt to] negotiate their release will be to no avail...
"If the Lebanese government fails to meet these demands, it can expect hell, kidnappings, sniper fire, and beheadings. We swear that we have no mercy for infidels, and especially for those who have soiled their hands with the blood of the honorable [people] of Nahr Al-Bared. Beware! The men of Jama'at Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad walk among you."
Islamist Websites Monitor No. 113
ISI Executes 14 Iraqi Officers Kidnapped June 11, 2007
An Al-Furqan video posted June 14, 2007 on Islamist websites shows the execution of the 14 Iraqi officers kidnapped by the ISI on June 11, 2007. Before the execution is shown, an announcer declares that the Iraqi government had failed to meet the ISI's demands within 72 hours, and that the ISI had therefore decided to "carry out Allah's ruling against these apostates."
An edited version of the video, with graphic content removed, can be viewed at: http://switch3.castup.net/cunet/gm.asp?ClipMediaID=933048&ak=null
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