The Sunni Islamic State of Iraq Movement abducts 18 Iraqi Ministry employees

[Ian David]

dpa German Press Agency
Published: Friday March 2, 2007


Baghdad- The Sunni Islamic State of Iraq movement claimed
Friday it has abducted 18 Iraqi Interior Ministry employees in Diyali
in retaliation of the alleged rape of a Sunni woman by members of the
Shiite-dominated police forces, an Iraqi police source said.
It is believed the hostages include 14 Iraqi policemen, the source
added. The claim by the militant group, which is linked to the al-
Qaeda terrorist network in Iraq, was posted on a website along with
pictures showing Iraqi men wearing official security uniforms.

The online statement said: "God has enabled the Islamic State of
Iraq's lions to arrest 18 interior ministry members in Diyali (north
of Baghdad). This sacred operation came as a response to fighting
Sunnis, the last of which was the rape of our sister Sabrine al-
Janabi."

The Islamic State of Iraq called for turning in of the three
policemen who allegedly raped al-Janabi as well as the release of all
women detained in Iraqi prisons in return for releasing the hostages.

The 20-year-old woman appeared on pan-Arab news channel al-Jazeera
accusing three Iraqi police officers Monday of raping her after
storming her house in western Baghdad while her husband was away.

She said the police accused her of cooking for the insurgents and
took her to a police station, where they raped her.

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