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Al-Qaeda Leader in Iraq Arrested
Arutz Sheva ^ | 2/12/12

Posted on 12/02/2012 2:38:21 PM PST by Eleutheria5

Uncomfirmed reports in Iraqi media said, Sunday, that security forces have arrested Abu-Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the top leader of the Al-Qaeda international terror network in Iraq. Abu-Bakr was named head of a number of terror organizations following the killing of Abu-Omar Al-Baghdadi in a United States air strike in 2010.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abubakr; alqaeda; alqaedaleader; arrest; iraq; iraqalqaeda
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1 posted on 12/02/2012 2:38:29 PM PST by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5
Abu-Bakr Al-Baghdadi was named head of a number of terror organizations following the killing of Abu-Omar Al-Baghdadi

I thought Abu-Able Al-Baghdadi was before Al-Bakr.

2 posted on 12/02/2012 2:44:05 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Eleutheria5
Unconfirmed reports? Ok but I'm going to need a voucher.


3 posted on 12/02/2012 2:48:43 PM PST by ILS21R (Everything... IS... a conspiracy)
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To: Eleutheria5

Did Obama buy a round at the 19th hole after his golf game with Clinton?


4 posted on 12/02/2012 2:50:12 PM PST by AU72
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To: Eleutheria5

Whack-a-Mo


5 posted on 12/02/2012 3:27:15 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: Eleutheria5

Not to nitpick, but AUAB and Al Masri weren’t killed in an airstrike. They were killed during a raid on their compound at which time one of them blew themselves up. Not that it makes a difference to the article as a whole.


6 posted on 12/02/2012 4:41:52 PM PST by PVT4evr ((Operation Iraqi Freedom 2007-2008, 2009-2010 3rd Infantry, 2010 2nd Infantry))
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