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To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (683352)	5/24/2005 2:18:40 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Just to show "what" we are dealing with over there...... Iraqi militant group releases video of killing of 3 drivers who aided U.S. troops Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A video posted on the Internet Tuesday shows three Arab truck drivers being shot to death, apparently for transferring goods to U.S. troops. One victim was a Jordanian man shown apologizing for helping the U.S. military and advising others to stop cooperating with U.S. troops. Two Iraqi drivers, reportedly seized outside the al-Asad base west of Baghdad, are shown making similar statements before all three were shot dead by a masked man. Iraqi militant group Ansar al-Sunnah Army took responsibility for the executions in a statement warning "all those who assist the Crusaders." The group labeled them "partners in shedding the blood of innocent Muslims." The authenticity of the videos and an accompanying statement could not be verified. The Jordanian truck driver appeared on the video sitting in front of a black banner bearing the name of the group, identifying himself as Hammad Ismail al-Sanie. "I'm extremely sorry. I advise all my Jordanian colleagues to immediately stop working" with U.S. forces, he said. Al-Sanie is then shown lying on the ground, his hands bound behind his back, as he is shot several times. Shouts of "Allahu Akbar," or God is great, could be heard in the background. Nael Thiyabat of the Jordanian Truckers Association said al-Sanie was registered with his union. The agency, which is in charge of Jordanian drivers operating in Iraq, had no information on the killing. Al-Sanie's family could not be immediately reached. A Jordanian Foreign Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the government had no information on the purported kidnapping or execution of a Jordanian driver. Ansar al-Sunnah also said that two Iraqi drivers, identified as Khairy Abdul Majeed Fattah and Furon Faiq Fadhil, were seized as they drove out of the al-Asad base in western Iraq. Fattah appears on a video saying he's a Baghdad resident who works for a company called Seven Seas, and that he was transferring electrical equipment to the base, including television sets. "I call on drivers from here not to work with such companies and not to work with the Americans," he said. Faiq, who said he's 30, explained that he was asked by his neighbor Fattah to help move cargo to the base from Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood. The two men are then shown on the ground in an open-air area, with their hands tied behind their backs. A masked man is shown shooting them, and the bullets' impact can be seen on their heads. Ansar al-Sunna has previously claimed responsibility for several attacks on U.S troops, foreign civilians and Iraqis labeled as "collaborators" with the coalition forces. Several Jordanian truck drivers have been robbed and kidnapped by highway bandits in Iraq and at least three were killed in January. In a separate statement also posted Tuesday, Ansar al-Sunnah claimed responsibility for a car bombing in Kirkuk on Monday. The statement said the attack targeted a convoy of a senior official from President Jalal Talabani's party, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. The unnamed official escaped the attack, but the group vowed "not to miss the second time." It was unclear whether the statement referred to Monday's car bombing in Kirkuk that killed five Iraqi civilians and wounded 13 others, or whether it was a separate attack. Another Internet statement claimed responsibility on behalf of al-Qaida in Iraq for Monday's attack on an American base that wounded three U.S. soldiers. The statement said two "martyrs" drove car bombs into the base. Iraqi officials had said two Iraqi men were killed and 20 others injured. billingsgazette.com