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Zarqawi group puts bounty on Iraqi PM's head
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-07-19 09:06
A group led by suspected al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi offered a reward
of US$282,000 on Sunday for the killing of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi,
according to a statement posted on an Islamist Web site.
A group led by
suspected al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (right) offered a reward
of US$282,000 on Sunday for the killing of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad
Allawi (left), report said. [file photo] |
"We in Khalid bin al-Walid Brigade announce to the Iraqi people a reward of
200,000 Jordanian dinars (US$282,000) to whoever gets us Allawi's head," said a
group statement posted on the site.
The authenticity of the message could not be verified and it was unclear why
the offer was made in Jordanian currency.
The brigade, which said it was part of Zarqawi's Tawhid and Jihad Group,
blasted Allawi as an "American agent." Several earlier purported Zarqawi
messages have threatened Allawi.
The United States has offered a US$25 million reward for the capture of
Zarqawi, its top militant target in Iraq.
The Jordanian-born militant's group has claimed deadly suicide bombings,
assassinations of Iraqi officials and the kidnapping and beheadings of a South
Korean and an American hostage.
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