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| Terror Networks |
| Jund ul Islam was behind attack on Salih... |
| 2002-08-09 |
| A Taliban-ish sect of crazed killers that seems to have support from both Iran and the Iraqi regime continues operating against the Kurds... In June, officials say, Jund-ul-Islam narrowly missed assassinating the leader of the Kurdish regional government based in Sulaimaniya. Five guards were killed in the attempt on the leader, Barham Salih, who was preparing for a meeting with a senior State Department official, Ryan Crocker, at the time. That's who I thought it'd be... Jund-ul-Islam has built a fortified network of villages and outposts deep in the valleys running eastward from Halabja toward Iran. The villages cover only a small area, perhaps as little as 260 square kilometers (100 square miles), but Kurdish officials believe access to the border could explain the recent growth of the group. They contend that as many as 120 Arabs and other non-Kurdish militants have arrived from Afghanistan to reinforce the 400 to 500 Kurds who are said to form the group's core. They couldn't do that if the ayatollahs weren't letting it happen... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |