AP: Possible 7 Al Qaeda members captured in Iraq! (along with 15 others)

MSNBC

[Dog]

Just breaking now...

[martin_fierro]

Quagmire.

Bush knew.

<|:)~

[Dog]

No word if it is Ansar al-Islam members..

[The G Man]

I count nine:

Okay, eight. We'll exclude Droopy Dog on the end over there.

[Izzy Dunne]

1 posted on 02/18/2004 12:55:35 PM EST by Dog

To: Dog

Quagmire.

2 posted on 02/18/2004 12:56:24 PM EST

What took you so long?

[Angelus Errare]

Please let it be Zarqawi ...

[NativeNewYorker]

There's no PROOF they're AlQuada.

The oppressed people of Iraq INVITED them in AFTER the invasion.

I think that covers the spin. Assuming this is even reported tomorrow.

[PeteFromMontana]

Only 7? If John Kerry were in charge they would get 8.

(sarcasm off)

[Dog]

I was thinking the same thing.

I can't find hard copy ...yet.

[bankwalker]

Al Qaeda in IRAQ? Whoda thunk?

[anniegetyourgun]

Just reported on ABC radio news at top of hour.

[mhking]

Of course the media is going to insist that these folk - if they're AQ - came into Iraq post invasion, which puts the kybosh (so they think) on any connection between AQ and Saddam...

[The G Man]

That's right. We want eyewitness testimony from members of the al Qaeda National Guard swearing they saw these folks doing their little terror drills, etc.

[dfwgator]

Tom Daschle is deeply saddened.

[Coop]

Excellent news! Let's hope it's true.

Okay, here's my top 7 list. :-)

Zarqawi
OBL
His evil son
Al-Zawahiri
Saif Adel
al-Masri
Mullah Krekar

I think that's reasonable, don't you folks?

[Rebelbase]

These were just peaceful pilgrims on their way to Mecca.

[Dog]

Rick Francona on MSNBC took the words right out of your mouth.....he said that exact same thing.

Please let it be Zarqawi!

[freeperfromnj]

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1123940,00.html

[af_vet_1981]

alQaeda Terrorst Policy
1. Apprehend
2. Medicate
3. Interrogate
4. Repeat 1 .. 3 until very alQaeda agent is dead or cooperating. Noncooperation is not an option.

[Always Right]

Al Qaeda in IRAQ? Whoda thunk?

Maybe they are AWOL?

[Dog]

US TROOPS CAPTURE AL QAEDA SUSPECTS

US troops have captured seven people with possible links to al Qaeda in a dawn raid on Baquba, 40 miles northeast of Baghdad.

"The intended targets were suspected members of anti-coalition operatives and may have links to al-Qaeda," a military spokesman said.

[Eurotwit]

I like the list, but unfortunately Krekar is currently in Oslo were he were just released from jail yesterday.

[Dead Dog]

Anyone remeber the name of the terrror "master mind" that was livng in Bahgdad last year. He apparenlty commited suicide by shootingself in the head 7 times. Yah right, he must of been realy bumbed out!

I need to get his name, and what all he did, so that I can counter argue the "Iraq didn't support terrorists" diatribe.

I've got a place for it in my file right beside "Cash for Palastinian Homicide Bombers" and "Salman Pak"

[RandallFlagg]

Al Qaeda in IRAQ? Whoda thunk?

It's obvoius that Bush planted them due to lagging poll numbers...
/sarcasm

[Catspaw]

They were captured in Baquba? A young Pfc, a reservist from Lena, WI just died in Baquba on Monday when a roadside bomb exploded next to the convoy in which she was riding. She had only been in country for two weeks. If these SOBs had anything to do with her death......

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_14762126.shtml

[Coop]

I've followed Mr. Krekar's exploits. He's had time to reach Iraq. Perhaps they rectally inserted a bug and tracked him there! LOL

[Coop]

Abu Nidal, I believe.

[patton]

that would make my day, alright.

[Dog]

His name was Abu Nidal.

Here.

[IGOTMINE]

That's definitely the baker's half-dozen.

Here's hoping.

[blackdog]

They are AWOL, hiding out in Iraq. They were scheduled for National Guard duty.

[TexasCajun]

I'm a democrat.

What is an Al Qaeda?
Who is Osma Bin Laden?
Saddam was the friendly ruler of Iraq, right?
World Trade Center, never heard of it?

[South Hawthorne]

alQaeda Terrorst Policy

1. Apprehend
2. Medicate
3. Interrogate
4. Repeat 1 .. 3 until very alQaeda agent is dead or cooperating. Noncooperation is not an option.

Not to nit-pick here, but missing is "Near lethal doses of Sodium Pentathol" and "Jumper cables attached to testicles".

 

Let's try some thinking outside of the box, will ya, af_vet?

Owl_Eagle

" WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH"

[Dog]

This happened 15 hours ago...it was a pre-dawn raid and it is 9pm in Iraq right now.

[Angelus Errare]

OBL, Junior, Saif al-Adel, and al-Masri are all purportedly in Iran. Mullah Krekar just got released from jail in Norway.

Major al-Qaeda players right now inside Iraq, not necessarily in order of importance:

Zarqawi
Abu Iyad (Chechen, C-in-C of the pre-war foreign fighters)
Abdullah Hassan bin Mahmud (Irbil bombing mastermind)
Abu Wael (ex-Mukhabarat, al-Douri's liaison with Ansar al-Islam)
Ayub Afghani (Ansar military chief)
Shakir (9/11 co-conspirator)
Abdul Rahman Yassin (bombmaker, 1993 WTC cell)
Hijazi (Saudi al-Qaeda leader)
Helkoard Ahmed (Ansar spokesman)
Hemin Benishari (Ansar assassin)
Abdullah Shafei (Ansar leader now that Krekar's in Norway)

[Coop]

It took quite a while for the prisoners to pull the HMMWVs back to base. :-)

[Blood of Tyrants]

Maybe they are on vacation.

[Coop]

OBL, Junior, Saif al-Adel, and al-Masri are all purportedly in Iran. Mullah Krekar just got released from jail in Norway.

Hey, I pay attention! :-) That was my dream list.

[freeperfromnj]

UPDATE:

7 with possible al-Qaida ties caught in Iraq

The Associated Press
2/18/2004, 1:01 p.m. ET

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — U.S. troops captured seven suspected militants believed linked to al-Qaida in a raid Wednesday in the central Iraqi city of Baqouba, the military said.

Troops from the 4th Infantry Division carried out the raid targeting an "anti-coalition cell" that may have ties to Osama bin Laden's terror group, a statement from U.S command said.

Seven suspects specifically targeted in the raid and 15 other people were detained, the statement said.

Baqouba is in the so-called "Sunni Triangle," north and west of Baghdad, the heartland of anti-U.S. violence in Iraq.

[Catspaw]

Anyone remeber the name of the terrror "master mind" that was livng in Bahgdad last year. He apparenlty commited suicide by shootingself in the head 7 times. Yah right, he must of been realy bumbed out!

Abu Nidal.

[kevkrom]

Not to nit-pick here, but missing is "Near lethal doses of Sodium Pentathol" and "Jumper cables attached to testicles".

I believe those are just sub-headings to the more generic steps of "medicate" and "interrogate". The original poster was vague as to the specifics, after all...

[AmericanInTokyo]

"linked to" could me "Ansar" and not the AQ directly. but same thing. they, too, cause trouble with an eye towards receiving their 72 virgins.

[Coop]

Based on the few descriptions I've seen so far, it sounds as if they'll all turn out to be Ansar al-Islam folks as opposed to Al Qaeda.

But I'm still hoping and praying Zarqawi's in this group!

[af_vet_1981]

No, my only objective is to obtain truthful information to prevent the loss of additional lives. I have no desire to torture the perps for the crimes they committed. Give them a fair trial and fast hanging after we have everything they know.

[Coop]

I have no desire to torture the perps for the crimes they committed.

You're a better person than I am.

[areafiftyone]

I had gotten a newsflash on Sky News about 1/2 hour ago but when I opened it they quickly deleted the story. I wonder what's up with this? I hope its true.

[swamp40]

My theory is that we took over Iraq so that all the radical Muslims who want to do battle with us can have someplace easier to find us than New York City.

No US civilians hurt, no terrorism in our backyard.

Don't bother getting on an airplane, Johnny Jihad - just catch the next bus to Iraq if you want to blow your self up for Allah.

We'll be waiting for you.

[mass55th]

"Okay, eight. We'll exclude Droopy Dog on the end over there."

Which end?

[mass55th]

"Of course the media is going to insist that these folk..."

The media will require dental records for when they were treated in Iraq.

[angkor]

"But America did not come to leave, and it will not leave no matter how numerous its wounds become and how much of its blood is spilled. ... There is no doubt that the space in which we can move has begun to shrink and that the grip around the throats of the mujahidin has begun to tighten. With the deployment of soldiers and police, the future has become frightening."

Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi Letter
CPA, Feb 12, 2004