Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq arrested -- Arabiya TV

Reuters ^ | May 08, 2008 | Reuters

[Berlin_Freeper]

DUBAI, March 9 (Reuters) - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, has been arrested in Iraq, the Arabic television station al-Arabiya reported on Friday, quoting the Iraqi Defence Ministry.

Arabiya said Muhajir, successor to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, had been detained in a joint Iraqi-U.S. operation in Mosul in northern Iraq.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Again?

[Berlin_Freeper]

Again.

[Samson0254]

Find the water board!

[Diogenesis]

Will this be reported by the MSM?
probably not.

Instead, tonights news shall be, as always,
FLDS, Katrina, Hillary and Obamamania, and then the weather.

[ladtx]

Gotta be getting close to the bottom of the barrel.

[The Great RJ]

Let send the Iraqi’s some rope so they can do the same fine job they did stretching Saddam’s neck.

[rod1]

In use. Howard Dean is preparing to strap Hillary to it.

[SE Mom]

Hmmmm...

[Deo volente]

“Next Leader, step forward!”

[Bahbah]

You are quick :)

[Berlin_Freeper]

>>Gotta be getting close to the bottom of the barrel.

The best thing about it is that it forces all of the rest of them to scatter like bugs, thus disrupting their organization.

[Crazieman]

In other news, John McCain demanded he be sent to Leavenworth and given constitutional rights.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Leavenworth is probably worse than Club Gitmo.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Osama bin Laden or Ayman al-Zawahiri are the ones that mean most to the public and they are, “in the rear with the gear” somewhere.

[Former MSM Viewer]

God Bless our troops and their families...

Way to go! ! ! !

[ElPatriota]

I hope McCain he does not hear about it or he will get a 'big headache!'

The abuses... the humanity! :)

[brooklyn dave]

I’d prefer the burning coal to insert into an orifice (any orifice)

[Jemian]

Yes!

[Allegra]

Well, al Arabiya is where I first heard of Zarqawi's demise back in '06 and it turned out to be true.

But I'm going to wait for our military to confirm this...

[Numbers Guy]

Put panties on his head.

[Jeff Head]

He should be permanently detained and confined in a six foot deep dirt bath.

[SFC Chromey]

At least the facilities at Gitmo are new! Leavenworth would be in worse shape than the barracks highlighted on YouTube last week. :P

[Berlin_Freeper]

Additional information has been posted in the article:

DUBAI, May 9 (Reuters) - In an hour-long audio tape issued last month, Muhajir called for renewed attacks on American troops.

He urged militants from the Sunni Islamist group to “celebrate” the recent announcement that the number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq had passed 4,000.

“We must celebrate this event in our special way, and make the defeated Bush join us in this celebration,” he said.

He called on al Qaeda fighters to provide “a head of an American as a present to the trickster Bush” in a month-long campaign that he called the “Attack of Righteousness”.

[Rushmore Rocks]

Great news, if true!

[Williams]

"Al Qaeda in Iraq shares a name and ideology if not organisational ties with Osama bin Laden's network...."

Oh, no "operational link"? We've heard that BS before, it obviously is meaningless.

[txflake]

That was a happy day. Naturally, dead won the captioning contest.

[domenad]

I prefer a nail-studded board, myself. I don’t even really want any information, I just want to test how tough the board is.

[Berlin_Freeper]

lol

[Gator113]

Wait, wait, wait a minute!! This can’t be true. Are we sure this is legal???

The democrats already surrendered. I don’t think the democrats are going to find this to have been a legal arrest. No doubt, there will be a congressional investigation and this poor man will be released right away.

God bless our Troops......

and damn the democrats to hell.

[Allegra]

That was a happy day. Naturally, dead won the captioning contest.

Dead rocks, as usual. LOL

Yes, that was a happy day. It was late morning in Baghdad and an eruption of cheers came from a group of Iraqis around the TV in the lobby of the building where I was working at the time.

I went out of my office to investigate and they were all hugging and dancing and the crowd around the TV kept geting bigger.

When they told me what all the celebration was about, I was ecstatic. Soon, the lobby was packed with Iraqis and Americans hugging, high-fiving and cheering.

People kept smiles on their faces for a few days after that. :)

[james500]

They picked him up while he was playing cards with Izzat Al-Douri. /s

[MrLee]

Not dead? Not shot? What the h*ll is this arrest sh*t??

[Southack]

Nice work, GI’s!

[Unicorn]

Hang him quick,now.

[Straight Vermonter]

Abu Ayyub al-Masri reportedly arrested.

[milwguy]

He was in Mosul, way to the north of Bahgdad, means he was not feeling to secure these days. Weren’t UDay and Qusay done in in Mosul?

[txflake]

I remember. We had a week-long street party here...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Someone thought Foxnews was reporting he was in US custody but I haven't found any explicit statement like that ....did find this :

Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq arrested

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Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, has been arrested in Iraq, according to the country's defence ministry.

 

The arrest occurred in the northern city of Mosul and was reported on al-Arabiya TV late on Thursday.

 

Al-Muhajir was detained in a joint Iraqi-US operation.

He is the successor to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed by a US air attack in 2006.

[auboy]

… and may his heart be arrested soon.

[MooseMan]

It can't be true.

Al Qaeda is NOT in Iraq.

The MSM told me so.

[txflake]

Running and hiding has aged him quite a bit.

[Blogger]

Bush’s fault.

[Red_Devil 232]

FNC just reported the arrest.

[mickey finn]

Nope, Global Warming.

May he burn in Hell after he is water boarded of all his intel.

[Cindy]

Article snippet from your link: “The US military did not immediately confirm the arrest.”

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2009929/posts?page=283#283

[BOBTHENAILER]

He called on al Qaeda fighters to provide “a head of an American as a present to the trickster Bush” in a month-long campaign that he called the “Attack of Righteousness”.

Sigh...if this is true, I guess his boys will have to settle with HIS HEAD, when we give it back to 'em.

In the meantime, I imagine all the sub-dude commanders are scattering cause they know he'll give 'em up. The sub-dudes will now be subdued.

Glorious day in "This War that Cannot be Won Militarily" (Hillary's tough wisdom)

[Cindy]

Thanks for the ping RR.
I appreciate it.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I wonder if this is not all suspect...yesterday we had this:

Report: Al Qaeda in Iraq Leader Identified With Photo

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CAIRO, Egypt —  Al-Arabiya television reports it has identified the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq and the network broadcast his photograph.

The Dubai-based network, citing an Iraqi police official, said the real name of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, who allegedly heads the Islamic State of Iraq, is Hamid Dawoud al-Zawi.

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And on this thread:

BBC: Iran hardliners condemn Khatami - ( dispute over "exporting the revolution")

at post #9,..I posted the Photo news,...at post #14..DJ said this

“Report: Al Qaeda in Iraq Leader Identified With Photo”

Propaganda piece. Disinformation...

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And at post # 19...DJ responded to my question as who was behind the propaganda....he said:

AQ

They are still trying to put an Iraqi face on the leadership of AQI...

[1035rep]

In use. Howard Dean is preparing to strap Hillary to it.

LOL, I'd pay a dollar to see that.