http://nahrain.com/d/news/07/05/08/nhr0508a.html 80 Al-Qaeda terrorists attack the independent Radio Dijla
On World Press Freedom Day, coinciding on Thursday 3rd of May 2007, about 80 terrorists of Al-Qaeda network launched an attack on the headquarters of Radio Dijla in Baghdad, killing the head of security Mr Adel Al-Badri and injuring two other guards. This assault was preceded by a failed attempt to abduct four employees as they rode to the station in a company van at 08:30am. Eyewitnesses noticed a group of gunmen closing all ways leading to the radio station before storming the building with RPG missiles, rocket-propelled grenades and 500mm calibre machineguns. Assailants succeeded to make their way through the front entrance, but they could not carry on upstairs as they were confronted with a brave and fierce resistance that lasted about 45 minutes inside the stations corridors. An hour later, National Guard forces showed up despite the fact that their control point falls in a close distance to Radio Dijla, which is about 500 metres. The soldiers gave our employees 15 minutes to get in their military vehicles before withdrawing to a safer place within the capital. After a short time, the terrorists returned to the radio headquarters and occupied the building for thirty hours before setting it ablaze. In spite of being informed and during such a long period, no positive action by the Iraqi authorities was noted. The situation was treated with negligence, and as a consequence, Radio Dijla was left a smouldering. The terrorists indeed succeeded in destroying our walls and equipment, but not our will to continue being a voice for all Iraqis. In their heroic resistance to the attack, our staff became a symbol for all journalists who defend the truth with their own lives. We intend to be back on air as soon as possible, but this time with more power, resilience and determination. Radio Dijla is the first independent radio station in Iraq. The station went on air for the first time in the 25th of April 2004. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- 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: [email protected] 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
