The following are excerpts from the interrogation of Iraqi terrorist Omar Allawi ,who used to film the beheadings. Al-Fayhaa TV aired this interrogation on March 30, 2005.
Interviewer: Your name?
Omar 'Allawi: Omar 'Allawi Al-Abd.
Interviewer: Omar 'Allawi Al-Abd. How old are you?
Omar 'Allawi: I'm thirty, sir.Interviewer: From what tribe?
Omar 'Allawi: Al-Chichat.
Interviewer: What are you doing in Mosul?
Omar 'Allawi: Sir, I've been working there for two years.
Interviewer: Where are you from originally?
Omar 'Allawi: From Baghdad, sir.
Interviewer: Where in Baghdad?
Omar 'Allawi: Al-Baya', sir.
Interviewer: Okay. What was your role in this vile miserable terrorist squad?
Omar 'Allawi: Sir, I am a photographer.
Interviewer: How did you meet them?
Omar 'Allawi: While I was staying at a Mosul hotel, Kna'an came up to me and told me about a plan proposed by his cousin Salem Mula 'Ali.
Interviewer: A plan for slaughter?
Omar 'Allawi: When I asked, he talked about joining the Liberation Army, which is financed by the Syrian intelligence. I asked him how, and he said that there is no police or government and that when the country stabilizes we will be one of its stronger elements.
Interviewer: Through slaughter.
Omar 'Allawi: Yes, sir. So I became their photographer. They would bring them to the hotel, and I would film them.
Interviewer: How many people were killed in your presence?
Omar 'Allawi: They killed eight policemen and six of the National Guard.
Interviewer: You filmed them?
Omar 'Allawi: Yes, sir.
Interviewer: You didn't participate in the slaughter?
Omar 'Allawi: No, sir. I only filmed them, and once I took part in a kidnapping operation.
Interviewer: Kidnapping who?
Omar 'Allawi: Policemen.
Interviewer: How much did you get for the filming?
Omar 'Allawi: I got $200 for each film.
Interviewer: How much did you get for filming the slaughters?
For each one they slaughtered I got… I would film him from all sides and from above…