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September 9, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5265619,00.html

Syrian Forces Kill Islamic Militant, Hold Three

(AP/Guardian-UK) Albert Aji - Security forces clashed with members of the Jund al-Sham Islamic militant group near the city of Hasaka in northeastern Syria on Thursday, killing one and arresting three others. Jund al-Sham (Soldiers of Syria) is a well-known organization that was set up in Afghanistan by Syrian, Palestinian, and Jordanian militants and has links to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq. The group has claimed responsibility for an October attack on resort hotels in Sinai, Egypt, that killed 34 people, and a March bombing at an international school in Qatar that killed a British resident.

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