U.S. Lists Falluja Lynch Suspects for Iraq Police

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By Ibon Villelabeitia

FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. forces handed a list of 25 suspects in the lynching of four American contractors in Falluja to Iraqi police Sunday, a sign of their growing impatience with the lack of progress in arresting the culprits.

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"The arrest of those people is a priority for the coalition forces," Colonel John Toolan, regimental commander of the 1st Marines Regiment told reporters in Falluja, after handing over the list at a security meeting with Iraqi police.

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Falluja's Police Chief Sabar al-Janabi said his men were doing all they could to catch those responsible, as well as other criminals in the Sunni Muslim city west of Baghdad.


"We are making arrests every day. We have caught a lot of car thieves, we will soon arrest the terrorists," he said, referring to the contractors' killers.


U.S. forces said the suspects on their list participated in the murder and mutilation of the contractors. They declined to reveal the names, but said they included some "outsiders."

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[NMDemDist2]

1. yeah car thieves and terrorists are tight as ticks right? eom

[Tempest]

2. Shotgun approach

Just arrest everyone.

I'm sure the right person will show up.

Jeesh.

[htuttle]

3. Police Chief Sabar al-Janabi stated he was shocked, SHOCKED to hear...

...that there were anti-US forces in Fallujah!

He assured CPA officials that they will round up the usual suspects and question them about it.

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4. I wish they'd work as hard to find out who authorized the

torture of Iraqis in Abu Ghraib and the other prisons.

[bahrbearian]

5. Oh I got it ,the C-130's and Abrams were just serving warants.

on a few killers.

[bemildred]

6. Pigs will fly before anybody is handed over.

The Colonel ought to know that, in fact he probably does.