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Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq arrested -- Arabiya TV
Reuters ^ | May 08, 2008 | Reuters

Posted on 05/08/2008 1:37:22 PM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abuhamzaalmuhajir; alarabiya; almuhajir; alqaeda; alqaedainiraq; arabmedia; captured; democrats; iraq; mosul; terrorism; wot; zarqawi
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Put panties on his head.


21 posted on 05/08/2008 1:52:01 PM PDT by Numbers Guy
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To: Berlin_Freeper
He should be permanently detained and confined in a six foot deep dirt bath.
22 posted on 05/08/2008 1:52:01 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Berlin_Freeper

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


23 posted on 05/08/2008 1:53:51 PM PDT by SFC Chromey (We are at war with Islamofascists inside and outside our borders, now ACT LIKE IT!)
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To: 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”.


24 posted on 05/08/2008 1:54:55 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Vote for McCain but trust in the Lord)
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To: MamaDearest; WestCoastGal; Cindy; Velveeta; Oorang; Godzilla

Great news, if true!


25 posted on 05/08/2008 1:55:00 PM PDT by Rushmore Rocks
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To: Berlin_Freeper
"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.

26 posted on 05/08/2008 1:55:28 PM PDT by Williams
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To: Allegra

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

27 posted on 05/08/2008 1:57:13 PM PDT by txhurl (Hillary is realizing that she's just another womyn who slept with Bill Clinton for nothing)
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To: Samson0254

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.


28 posted on 05/08/2008 1:58:08 PM PDT by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: domenad

lol


29 posted on 05/08/2008 1:59:17 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Vote for McCain but trust in the Lord)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

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.


30 posted on 05/08/2008 1:59:36 PM PDT by Gator113 (Obama is a member of the Far Wright Conspiracy.......)
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To: txflake
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. :)

31 posted on 05/08/2008 2:02:43 PM PDT by Allegra (Tehran delenda est)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

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


32 posted on 05/08/2008 2:04:33 PM PDT by james500
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To: Berlin_Freeper

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


33 posted on 05/08/2008 2:06:12 PM PDT by MrLee (Sha'alu Shalom Yerushalyim!! God bless Eretz Israel.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Nice work, GI’s!


34 posted on 05/08/2008 2:06:29 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Hang him quick,now.


35 posted on 05/08/2008 2:08:45 PM PDT by Unicorn (Too many wimps around.)
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To: AdmSmith; Cap Huff; Coop; Dog; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ganeshpuri89; Boot Hill; Snapple; ...

Abu Ayyub al-Masri reportedly arrested.


36 posted on 05/08/2008 2:10:04 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: ladtx

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?


37 posted on 05/08/2008 2:10:16 PM PDT by milwguy (........)
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To: Allegra

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


38 posted on 05/08/2008 2:12:17 PM PDT by txhurl (Hillary is realizing that she's just another womyn who slept with Bill Clinton for nothing)
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To: Straight Vermonter; DJ Elliott; NormsRevenge; elhombrelibre; SandRat; tobyhill; G8 Diplomat; ...
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.

39 posted on 05/08/2008 2:20:53 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Straight Vermonter

… and may his heart be arrested soon.


40 posted on 05/08/2008 2:21:20 PM PDT by auboy (Men who cannot deceive others are very often successful at deceiving themselves. Samuel Johnson)
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