Group Claims Responsibility re Killing Senior Iraqi Official

May 17, 2004
Group Claims Responsibility for Killing Senior Iraqi Official
The Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A previously unknown group claimed responsibility Monday for killing the current Iraqi Governing Council president, saying in a Web site posting that two of its fighters carried out the operation that lead to the death of "the traitor and mercenary Izzadine Saleem."

The claim from a group identifying itself as the Arab Resistance Movement was posted on an Internet site devoted to Iraqi issues.

The Web site carried other messages of praise for the killing.

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