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Baghdad Governor: Four armed Americans arrested in Iraq
Friday, January 13, 2012 15:18 GMT
Baghdad Governor Salah Abdul Razak announced, on Thursday, that four armed Americans including two women were arrested as they were spotted wandering in a car near his house. Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs should undertake diplomatic measures to investigate this violation, Razak argued. He warned against the possibility of killing any other group regardless of the nationality in case the recurrence of a similar violation.
“A police detachment near my house stopped, this morning, a silver BMW carrying four Americans including two women,” Salah Abdul Razak told Alsumarianews revealing that the four Americans carried weapons and wore protective shields. “The Police detachment arrested theses Americans after examining their badges,” he added.
“The security force drove detainees to sixth brigade headquarters in Kazimiyah to carry out necessary investigations and uncover the nature of their mission,” Abdul Razak declared noting that a diplomatic car carrying three Americans from the US embassy reached the detention facility 15 minutes following the incident.
“The four Americans were arrested in a popular residential area that doesn’t include vital sites,” Baghdad Governor explained indicating that there was no earlier consent by the province or its local government on the mission of these Americans.
“Detainees testified in preliminary investigations that they were ensuring the region’s security,” Abdul Razak uttered adding that he is skeptical about this statement. “Security forces could have shot them for penetrating the area without the consent or knowledge of authorities,” he said, a source told Alsumaria.
“There are strict orders to shoot any person that penetrates the area without the consent of operations’ command,” Baghdad Governor declared stressing that killing these Americans would have aggravated the situation.
“Iraq’s security is an internal affair that doesn’t concern Americans even if they were intelligence members,” Abdul Razak argued considering that this incident was a clear US violation after Iraq recuperated sovereignty.
Foreign Affairs Ministry should undertake strict measures and demand diplomatic explanations from the US embassy, Baghdad Governor called warning that security forces would treat as terrorist whoever commits such violations regardless of the nationality.
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Friday, January 13, 2012 15:18 GMT
Baghdad Governor Salah Abdul Razak announced, on Thursday, that four armed Americans including two women were arrested as they were spotted wandering in a car near his house. Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs should undertake diplomatic measures to investigate this violation, Razak argued. He warned against the possibility of killing any other group regardless of the nationality in case the recurrence of a similar violation.
“A police detachment near my house stopped, this morning, a silver BMW carrying four Americans including two women,” Salah Abdul Razak told Alsumarianews revealing that the four Americans carried weapons and wore protective shields. “The Police detachment arrested theses Americans after examining their badges,” he added.
“The security force drove detainees to sixth brigade headquarters in Kazimiyah to carry out necessary investigations and uncover the nature of their mission,” Abdul Razak declared noting that a diplomatic car carrying three Americans from the US embassy reached the detention facility 15 minutes following the incident.
“The four Americans were arrested in a popular residential area that doesn’t include vital sites,” Baghdad Governor explained indicating that there was no earlier consent by the province or its local government on the mission of these Americans.
“Detainees testified in preliminary investigations that they were ensuring the region’s security,” Abdul Razak uttered adding that he is skeptical about this statement. “Security forces could have shot them for penetrating the area without the consent or knowledge of authorities,” he said, a source told Alsumaria.
“There are strict orders to shoot any person that penetrates the area without the consent of operations’ command,” Baghdad Governor declared stressing that killing these Americans would have aggravated the situation.
“Iraq’s security is an internal affair that doesn’t concern Americans even if they were intelligence members,” Abdul Razak argued considering that this incident was a clear US violation after Iraq recuperated sovereignty.
Foreign Affairs Ministry should undertake strict measures and demand diplomatic explanations from the US embassy, Baghdad Governor called warning that security forces would treat as terrorist whoever commits such violations regardless of the nationality.
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