Posted on 03/06/2005 1:49:47 PM PST by TexKat
Iraqi sources have told a Saudi newspaper that al-Qaeda's man in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has been arrested. Al Watan daily said Sunday that the official announcement on the arrest was delayed until a new Iraqi government is in place. The purported arrest supposedly took place on the Iraqi - Syrian border, the report added.
It should be mentioned that CNN aired on Saturday new pictures believed to show al-Zarqawi, who is America's most-wanted man in Iraq.
The Saudi paper said that the arrest of al-Zarqawi was completed ahead the recent visit of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in Iraq. This visit took place early February.
Dont forget Debka. They dont have it either.
It must be Sunday if there's a "Z-Man Is Caught: Sources Say" thread.
I was right.... we were real cose to getting this guy....I hope I get credit for being the first one to realize it
Won't be long, I'll bet.
Yeah, and you know what, the guy is covering his face with his hands. The others are not. Zarqawi would do something like that, wouldn't he. He sure would be worried about being recognized for who he is.
Yeah, it's similar.
But I would think he'd be getting a bit more "special" treament than the back of an open truck.
Keeping tabs
Date of birth: October 30, 1966
Place of birth: Zarqa, Jordan
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Hair: Dark
Eyes: Dark
Sex: Male
Complexion: Olive
Passport: Jordanian Z264958
Aliases: Ahmad Fadil Al-Khalailah, Abu Ahmad, and Abu Muhammad, Sakr Abu Suwayd.
Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi has had a long-standing connection to senior al Qaeda leadership and appears to be highly regarded among al Qaeda and a close associate of Usama Bin Laden and Saif Al-Adel.
All responses will be kept strictly confidential. Individuals providing information may be eligible for a reward, protection of their identities, and relocation with their families.
Hummmmmmmmm
It would be like a scene from "Arabian Nights": they'll bring all those multiple arrested al-Zarqawis in the same room, examine them (everyone will turn out to be one-legged, thus OK so far), and then there will follow their intermittent stories, where each of them will try to claim that he is NOT the real al-Zarqawi. And in the end, all of them would be justly condemned.
Which one of his legs is missing?
How many times has he been arrested by now?
Next thing you know, we'll be "hours away from catching Bin Laden"
BUT DOG!!! When the pictures of Zarqawi surfaced on CNN, remember you said, "something's going on under the surface, I can't quite put my finger on it". You said it was strange the way his picture suddenly surfaced. Well.....maybe this is the explanation. Zarqawi is in custody. Not saying the smiling one of him was taken in custody, but maybe his own people took it right before the hammer fell on them, and he was taken away a prisoner in texkat's truck. Of course the film was confiscated and somehow a picture from it was leaked. Why not?
I'm getting really tired of hearing this guy has been captured.
Man, his arrest sheet must be longer than Rodney King's!
It has been reported by some that the missing leg was a myth. I don't know which is true.
Suppose they did not yet know who they had. Notice the guy has his hands over his face, while the others don't.
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