Fayetteville Online 82nd holds men in bombing plot
By Kevin Maurer
Staff writer
KARBALA, Iraq - Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division took custody Monday of six men accused of plotting to bomb two Shiite mosques in the center of town.
Five of the men are suspected of having ties to the Baath party; the other is allegedly linked to al-Qaida.
The local police arrested the men, and the police chief wanted a public execution. An Army Special Forces team persuaded the police chief to turn the men over to the paratroopers.
It is unclear how the men planned to carry out the bombing. The suspected al-Qaida member is accused of poisoning food that was distributed to pilgrims, who are in Karbala to mourn two Shiite Imams killed in the 660s.
By Kevin Maurer
Staff writer
KARBALA, Iraq - Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division took custody Monday of six men accused of plotting to bomb two Shiite mosques in the center of town.
Five of the men are suspected of having ties to the Baath party; the other is allegedly linked to al-Qaida.
The local police arrested the men, and the police chief wanted a public execution. An Army Special Forces team persuaded the police chief to turn the men over to the paratroopers.
It is unclear how the men planned to carry out the bombing. The suspected al-Qaida member is accused of poisoning food that was distributed to pilgrims, who are in Karbala to mourn two Shiite Imams killed in the 660s.
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