Thursday, November 10
SCUZBALL COUNTERFIETER NABBED IN BAGHDAD
| November 10, 2005 BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition Forces captured a senior member of a terrorist media cell in Baghdad Oct. 23. Coalition Forces, acting on multiple intelligence sources and tips from concerned citizens, raided a suspected al Qaeda in Iraq safe house in Baghdad. Captured in the raid was Amjed Ammin Mahmud (aka. Abu Hassan), a senior terrorist media cell member and document forger for senior terrorist leaders in Baghdad. Abu Hassan was a senior leader in an al Qaeda in Iraq media cell operating in Baghdad. Initially, his duties were to take videos and digitize them to CD’s for distribution to various terrorist groups. These videos would be used to recruit terrorists and foreign fighters, as well as to provide information on potential targets to other terrorists. They also would be downloaded to various Jihadist Web sites as a means of wider dissemination. Eventually, with the use of his computer, his duties evolved to making false identifications. Hassen admits to making weapon permits, identification cards and press credentials for various al Qaeda in Iraq terrorists as well as the senior al Qaeda in Iraq terrorist leadership in Baghdad. These identification cards would be used by terrorists to conceal their true identities if stopped by Iraqi security and Coalition forces. They also provided a way to openly carry weapons while conducting terrorist activities. These activities could include attacks, kidnappings, and murders. Additionally, the false press badges would allow terrorists access to situations where they could reconnoiter targets while posing as news media representatives. That access also allowed them to pose as reporters while filming the aftermath of terrorist attacks, which they then would use as terrorist propaganda. Hassen has also been linked to Dr. Mushin, a kidnapping cell leader and weapons dealer who was captured in June. Abu Hassen admits to coordinating with Dr. Mushin the procurement of weapons for use by various terrorist cells operating in Baghdad. Weblog LINK |
