MEMRI, the Middle East Media Research Institute, has posted a brief transcript of the interrogation of a captured Iraqi terrorist. His name is 'Adnan Muhammad Elias. The disturbing recording of the interrogation was aired by Al-Iraqiya TV on April 21, 2005:
Remember, the so-called ‘Insurgents’ are people like ‘Adnan Muhammad Elias, Habib 'Izzat Hamu, and Mushin. Yes, these terrorists, these vile monsters, are the so-called ‘Minutemen’ that Michael Moore and his ilk admire so much. Føj!
Interviewer: How did you punish him [a kidnapped Iraqi policeman]?
'Adnan Elias: We whipped him.
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Interviewer: Go on.
'Adnan Elias: They told us to take him to the house of Habib 'Izzat Hamu. We took him out there. We said to him: "Why did you do this and that… Why are you after us?" He answered: "It's out of our hands. We get orders." Then we were told to bring a knife.
Interviewer: You slaughtered him?
'Adnan Elias: Yes, sir. Habib 'Izzat Hamu got the knife. He slaughtered him, and when he was dead, he opened his shirt buttons and cut open his stomach.
Interviewer: Who opened him up?
'Adnan Elias: Muhsin, sir.
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Interviewer: What did he take out?
'Adnan Elias: I don't know, his guts.
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Interviewer: What is he, Dracula?
'Adnan Elias: Huh?
Interviewer: Go on.
'Adnan Elias: Yes, sir. He opened him up, took stuff out, and put TNT and explosives inside. Then he sewed up his stomach with thick thread.
Interviewer: With thread?
'Adnan Elias: Yes. And a needle. He put the buttons back in place...
Interviewer: He buttoned him up.
'Adnan Elias: Yes, he buttoned him up. We were told to take him in the car near the square in Tel A'far. We threw him there and placed his head back on his shoulders.
Interviewer: My God!
'Adnan Elias: 15 to 30 minutes later they told his family to come and get their son. His father came with two policemen. They picked up the body and made no more than two steps – we were standing far away – Ahmad Sinjar pressed the button.
Interviewer: By remote control.
'Adnan Elias: The body exploded on them, and they died.
Interviewer: So his father and the two policemen died.
'Adnan Elias: Yes sir, and we took off.
Remember, the so-called ‘Insurgents’ are people like ‘Adnan Muhammad Elias, Habib 'Izzat Hamu, and Mushin. Yes, these terrorists, these vile monsters, are the so-called ‘Minutemen’ that Michael Moore and his ilk admire so much. Føj!
