Posted on 05/08/2008 2:33:29 PM PDT by Tut
BAGHDAD — The leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was arrested in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday.
Mohammed al-Askari said the arrest of al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, was confirmed to him by the Iraqi commander of the province. There was no immediate confirmation or comment from U.S. forces.
News of the arrest was also reported by Iraqi state television.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
"There was no immediate confirmation or comment from U.S. forces."
More reports.........wanting one from US Forces or sources.
Can you say, “waterboard time”? I know you can.
Mission Accomplished!
Great news. Let’s hope they milk him before they send him to a walk through prison in Yemen.
The US won’t confirm until they have “extracted” all they think they can.
All expense paid vacation at club Gitmo!!!!
Whatever they do, PLEASE don’t waterboard him!
It would be SO cruel!
He is ONLY responsible for blowing up and maiming thousands of Iraqis, men women and children.
He MUST be treated with all of the protections of the Geneva Convention!
/sarcasm
It didn’t say but I hope the Iraqis have him. They don’t have to play by the same rules our guys have to play by.
I think they should waterboard the guy to see what he knows.
Wow, this is wonderfull news. And I am sure the fact that he let himself be captured alive will be a real blow to Al Quieda’s prestige in the region. So, if true, then this is probably a much more significant victory even then when we killed Al Zarqawi.
Yea.... that’s the one.
Wonder who’ll they’ll gt to replace him?
Talk about your high-turnover jobs ...
I guess McCain, Obama and Hilliary wouldn’t think too highly of waterboarding this terrorist. Let’s just question him to see what he will tell us. Maybe if we say pretty please, he will tell us what he knows.
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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...
Not just yet....see my post just above somewhere....
Dang it! Why do they ‘arrest’ them? It’s not like they would offer the same courtesy.
Hope the Iraqi’s have him? heeheehee, now wouldn’t that be lovely?
Gee, more bad news for the anti-surge Democrats.
Note to Iraq forces:You question him, don’t turn him over the no waterboard allowed American forces.
Hopefully they also got his lap tops and other vital info.
” I hope the Iraqis have him.”
I agree! Torture him! Dope him up! Squeeze him like a grape! Put him on Iraqi tv. The works! String him up!
No evil Americans for the left to bitch about.
Fox News just showed his photo and he looks a lot older.
Of course, I suspect he will be aging very very quickly in the next couple days.
Report: Al Qaeda in Iraq Leader Identified With Photo
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
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.
BEST NEWS I’VE HEARD ALL DAY! WOOHOO!
From Fox News:
***The U.S. military in Baghdad said “we are currently checking with Iraqi authorities to confirm the accuracy of this information.”***
See #17 and #25,.
If they asked him nicely while pulling out his fingernails it would not bother me in the least.
I totally understand, Doctor Raoul.
You Bet!
You get the water, I’ve got the board.
Is wearing a woman's underwear on top of head a violation of the Geneva Convention?
Not yet. He still breathes.
Give me a knife and 20 minutes with this bastard, I’ll find out anything you want to know.
I hope the CIA and the Egyptian intelligence agencies are TORTURING and kicking the sh*t out of him right now. Or maybe he’s in Romania, Poland or the Czech Republic having some long needed “dental work” done.
I love it Belli, here is mine: tree.......chain.......blowtorch. he WILL talk. when he is done, saw his damn head off and oh yeah, make sure you dress it up with a pair of panties. wait, forget the undies, that would be “torture”.
By capturing him, the Iraqis have only created more terrorists./s
Mark Steyn just brilliantly pointed out that al-Masri is a foreigner to Iraq (he’s Egyptian), but meanwhile the left’s common complaint is that the U.S. is an unwelcome foreign occupying force.
Al-Qaeda Iraq leader 'arrested'
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interior ministry spokesman Maj-Gen Abdul-Karim Khalaf told al-Iraqiya TV that security forces had "arrested one of al-Qaeda's leaders at midnight and during the primary investigations he admitted that he was Abu Hamza al-Muhajir".
Gen Khalaf said a source close the al-Qaeda leader had informed police that he would be at a house in Mosul's Wadi Hajjar district at midnight on Wednesday.
Members of al-Qaeda are believed to have regrouped in the northern city since the beginning of the US troops "surge" last year.
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A US military spokesman in Baghdad said he could not confirm that Masri had been arrested, but did not believe the reports to be true.
Obama, Murtha, Kennedy and Pelosi are deeply depressed over this.
Really danged bad news for the socialist dimocrat party and all liberals in the world who demand and want the total defeat of America.
Arrested? What, are the clintons directing the fighting now? Killed should be the descriptive word here.
Baghdad, Iraq (AHN) - The Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman Mohammed al-Askari claims al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri has been apprehended near Mosul.
According to al Jazeera, al-Masri was detained in a joint Iraqi-U.S. operation. He was caught in the Tayran area in central Mosul, 360km northwest of Baghdad, reportedly after police received a tip off of his location.
While Iraqi officials have confirmed the arrest to media outlets, the United States Defense Department remains silent on this issue for now. The news also ran on al-Arabiya TV and Iraqi state-run media.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces have detained a man suspected of being the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq after a captured associate led them to him sleeping in a house in the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi officials said on Friday.
The U.S. military in Baghdad said it was checking the reports that Abu Ayyab al-Masri, an Egyptian also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, had been detained.
If confirmed, the arrest would be another blow for Sunni Islamist al Qaeda in Iraq, which has reeled under a wave of U.S. military operations in the past year and been forced to regroup in northern Iraq.
An Interior Ministry spokesman said an associate of Masri detained in an earlier operation took security forces late on Wednesday to where the al Qaeda leader was hiding.
After being detained, Masri confessed to being the al Qaeda in Iraq leader, he said, adding that his identity still had to be confirmed. Other Iraqi security officials said the suspect was in American custody for identification.
Rev. Wright,
Does that mean more chickens?... are gwine be comin’ home?... to roast?... I mean roost?
But I thought Al Qeuda has nothing to do with Iraq.
I think this is, like, the fourth time the Iraqis have reported catching the guy. They always let us be the fall guys when we report it’s not true. I wonder, given the difference in Sabbath days, whether they have such a thing as ‘slow news Thursdays’ over there.
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