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Killers of Russians in Iraq Are Known
Russia’s Prosecutor General Office has announced the results of investigation related to the attack on Russia’s diplomats in Iraq carried out in June 2006.
The recent trip of Russia’s investigators to Baghdad revealed “new circumstances of the crime and the persons that committed it,” said a source with the prosecutors, without giving any definite names.
The car with employees of Russia’s legation in Baghdad was attacked June 3, 2006. The gunmen killed one of the diplomats and kidnapped four others.
The responsibility was claimed by Mujahedeen Shura Council, a group of militants tied to al-Qaeda.
All attempts to negotiate the release of Russians were in vain. The diplomats were killed, Russia’s Foreign Ministry officially announced June 27.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin ordered special services to hunt down and "destroy" the killers of four Russians in Iraq. This murderous order of Putin didn’t violate the RF laws. Early past June, the State Duma passed a bill authorizing the president to use special services to fight global terrorism.
In mid-May, al-Qaeda’s Omar Wahdallah Dad, who is in Iraqi prison now, acknowledged involvement in killing the Russians. Russia’s embassy in Iraq is checking the information.
www.kommersant.com
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