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Mar 30, 2005
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Iraqi Terrorist Who Filmed Beheadings Confesses

#625 | 01:58
Source: Al-Fayhaa TV (Iraq)

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…

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