[Excerpt: In another reported kidnapping, the deputy police chief of the southern city of Najaf, Brig. Gen. Basim Mohammed Kadhum, has been abducted, the Iraqi Ministry of Interior said Monday. Kadhum was in the southern Baghdad area of al-Doura over the weekend when he was taken, the ministry said. The ministry said it wasn't known who abducted Kadhum.....Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, the committee's top Democrat, said, "The single most important thing we have to be doing now is make sure that training is on target and that they have the capacity to govern."..."By the end of '06 we're going to have a pretty clear picture of whether or not it's succeeding or failing," Biden said. "And success will be dependent upon a government that's representative and a capacity to govern in terms of security."...but even if that is not achieved, "I suspect you'll see the American people calling for us to significantly draw down anyway," he said.]
American contractor kidnapped in Iraq U.S. soldiers arrest 65 suspected rebels in Baghdad sweep http://64.236.16.116/2005/WORLD/meast/04/11/iraq.main/index.html Monday, April 11, 2005 Posted: 2:59 PM EDT (1859 GMT) BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A U.S. citizen working for a contracting company was kidnapped at a construction site Monday in Baghdad, a U.S. Embassy official said. The embassy would not reveal the name of the American or the name of the company. The contractor's next of kin has been notified. Also Monday, Pakistan's foreign ministry said a group that claimed it kidnapped a Pakistani diplomat in Baghdad has demanded ransom for his release. The ministry would not disclose any further details. The group -- called Omer Bin Khatab -- claimed to have kidnapped diplomat Malik Mohammad Javaid on Sunday, a Pakistani official said. Javaid failed to return home from Saturday evening prayers at a western Baghdad mosque, police said. The Foreign Ministry said Javaid had contacted the embassy in Baghdad to say he was unharmed. "I appeal to the kidnappers to release Malik Mohammad Javaid," said Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Sunday, Reuters reported. He is a civilian member of the embassy staff." Pakistan is a key U.S. ally in its fight against al Qaeda, but it opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. In another reported kidnapping, the deputy police chief of the southern city of Najaf, Brig. Gen. Basim Mohammed Kadhum, has been abducted, the Iraqi Ministry of Interior said Monday. Kadhum was in the southern Baghdad area of al-Doura over the weekend when he was taken, the ministry said. The ministry said it wasn't known who abducted Kadhum. Meanwhile, Iraq's Defense Ministry said on Monday that a man has confessed to kidnapping two French journalists last year in Iraq. Journalists Christian Chesnot of RFI and George Malbrunot of Le Figaro were captured in mid-August and released in December. Amir Hussein Shaykhan confessed that he and a Syrian national kidnapped the journalists, the defense ministry said. Talabani predicts U.S. exit in two years The newly elected president of Iraq said he expects that U.S. troops will be gone from his country within two years. Jalal Talabani said Sunday that by then, Iraq should be able to rebuild its forces and secure the country, taking over the role being performed by some 140,000 U.S. troops. "We are trying to build -- as soon as possible -- our military forces," he said. "I think within two years, we can do it, and at the same time, we will remain in full consultation and coordination, cooperation with our American friends." Talabani said how long U.S. forces remain in Iraq will depend on a number of factors, including "the common desire of Iraqi people and American people." Two influential U.S. senators said Sunday they were optimistic about Talabani's prediction. The two-year figure "probably is realistic in terms of the bulk of the troops," said Sen. Richard Lugar, an Indiana Republican and chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, the committee's top Democrat, said, "The single most important thing we have to be doing now is make sure that training is on target and that they have the capacity to govern." "By the end of '06 we're going to have a pretty clear picture of whether or not it's succeeding or failing," Biden said. "And success will be dependent upon a government that's representative and a capacity to govern in terms of security." But even if that is not achieved, "I suspect you'll see the American people calling for us to significantly draw down anyway," he said. As U.S. and Iraqi officials considered the nation's security forces, several thousand protesters in Baghdad over the weekend were demanding U.S. troops leave the country. ( Sweep for rebels On Monday, U.S. soldiers with Task Force Baghdad and more than 500 Iraqi security forces arrested 65 suspected insurgents during a sweep through Baghdad's Al-Rasheed district, according to a U.S. military statement. A suspected insurgent was injured during the sweep, which was named Operation Vanguard Tempest, the statement said. The district, southwest of the city's center, has a reputation for "harboring terrorist networks," the military said. "Those detained are suspected of committing numerous crimes and activities to include assassinations, beheadings, kidnapping, intimidation, and attacks" against U.S. and Iraqi forces, the military said. Other developments # Insurgents wounded three U.S. Marines on Monday when they detonated three improvised explosive devices in three vehicles at a security checkpoint at Camp Gannon, a Marine forward-operating outpost in the far western region of Anbar province, the U.S. military said. # The U.S. military said a soldier died Saturday from wounds suffered in "a non-hostile incident" on April 6 near Forward Operating Base Kalsu. The death brings the number of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq war to 1,547, according to the U.S. military. # In Baghdad, Iraqi police officials said a car bomb targeting a U.S. military convoy detonated near the Amiriya district, in the western part of the capital, wounding four Iraqi civilians and damaging three civilian cars. CNN's Enes Dulami, Syed Mohsin Naqvi, Kevin Flower, Ayman Mohyeldin, Mike Mount, Barbara Starr and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report. enditem ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
