The Mujahideen Council issues seven communiqués today, January 17, 2006, claiming responsibility for detonating improvised explosive devices (IEDâs) on targets including âCrusader convoysâ and Iraqi police in Shahraban and al-Latifiya, assassinating employees of the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a captain in the National Guard, and a companion of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the United Iraqi Alliance, in Baghdad:
1. The first message indicates that eleven Iraqi police officers were killed yesterday, Monday, January 16, 2006, during a confrontation with the groupâs mujahideen that culminated with the detonation of a car bomb in Shahraban.
2. An IED was detonated today on a âCrusadersâ convoyâ in al-Latifiya, destroying a Humvee and killing two soldiers.
3. Two employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hareth Mohsen and Harb Mohsen, were assassinated today in the al-Jihad section of Baghdad.
4. The fourth communiqué states that an IED was detonated on a convoy in the north of Baghdad, resulting in damage to a âCrusaderâ tank.
5. The fifth communiqué states that mortar shells were fired at the house of Diyaliâs governor in al-Wajihiya.
6. Today, Sayed Hussein, a companion of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, was assassinated in the area of al-Ghazaliya.
7. The seventh message states that a captain in the Iraqi National Guard was killed in the area of al-Dawra in Baghdad.
The Mujahideen Council, according to their statement of establishment, is composed of six insurgency groups in Iraq: al-Qaeda in Iraq, Victorious Army Group, Ansar al-Tawhid Brigades, Islamic Jihad Brigades, the Strangers Brigades, and the Horrors Brigades, collaborating to meet the âunbelievers gathering with different sidesâ and defend Islam. |