Wheelchair homicide bomber sweet talks his way into Iraqi Police HQ
Posted by Neocon in Iraq, Perspective Alert, Terrorism(via Jawa Report) Report on Arrakis has a story about a wheelchair suicide bomber who successfully detonated himself inside an Iraqi Police station today.
The bombing, 60 miles north of Baghdad, killed Major-General Abdul-Jabbar Rabee Muttar, the assistant police chief, after two days of savage Iraqi violence.
The attacker talked his way into the local police headquarters by requesting a meeting with the policeman. When the official went to meet him in reception the explosives hidden in his wheelchair were detonated, killing the man instantly and wounding four others.
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“Then we saw flames and an explosion. The assistant police chief was beheaded. There were pieces of flesh from the suicide bomber.”
Samarra is in Salahuddin province, where US and Iraqi troops have launched a series of operations to wipe out al-Qaeda militants, who regrouped there after being pushed out of Baghdad and western Anbar province.
I have to second a comment by Bishop:
Can’t the cops get at least a bomb-sniffing dog at the front door?
I realize that the fledgling Iraqi government can’t afford many of the weapons and equipment that we take for granted, but after the willingness to use any means necessary to maim and torture innocent people has been demonstrated by Al Qaeda over and over, couldn’t they have at least given the visitor a thorough checking over before permitting him entrance into a secured compound? It’s easy to say ‘live and learn’ with stories like this, but we have one strong ally, Major-General Abdul-Jabbar Rabee Muttar, who won’t be around to apply the message or further secure his country’s future.
Al Qaeda will do anything they can to slaughter innocent and public officials in the largest numbers possible. That is why the only truly effective solution to their despicable attacks remains eliminating the entire organization through force.
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