Iraq says captures No. 2 al Qaeda leader

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-09-03T104059Z_01_GEO743062_

[zippy the razor]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi forces have arrested the second most senior figure in al Qaeda in Iraq, National Security Adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie said on Sunday.

"I can say al Qaeda in Iraq is severely wounded," he told a news conference.

He named the man as Hamed Juma Faris al-Suaidi, also known as Abu Humam or Abu Rana, and said he was the deputy to Abu Ayyub al-Masri, who took over the insurgent group after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. air strike in June.

The U.S. military says Sunni Islamist al Qaeda is a "prime instigator" of sectarian conflict between Iraq's Sunni minority and Shi'ite majority that threatens all-out civil war, but that it has been left reeling by U.S. and Iraqi operations that have killed or captured scores of its militants in recent weeks.

[MNJohnnie]

Got to be the most dangerous job in the world. Al Qeda loses a number 2 about every other month these days.

[ASA Vet]

You didn't like this earlier version of the story which is in breaking news?

[zippy the razor]

I didn't see that.

[TomGuy]

FoxNews is reporting that al-Suaidi is singing like a songbird.

lol

His arrest has led to the arrests of other terrorists.

[Tribune7]

But who's the boss of number 2?

[verity]

That outfit really practices upward mobility. ;-)

[Disturbin]

"I can say al Qaeda in Iraq is severely wounded,"

Wait, I thought all the lefties told us al Qaeda was not in Iraq at all?

[alice_in_bubbaland]

LOL! Bingo! The lefties are and have been delusional for quite sometime now.

Is it safe to assume that the latest AlQueda video is for their 2006 membership drive? Sure seems that way. My concern is, that many home grown looser lemmings will join them!

[AdmSmith]

A typo in his name "Abu Humam", it should be Abu non-Human

[scannell]

But who's the boss of number 2?

"....he was the deputy to Abu Ayyub al-Masri, who took over the insurgent group after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. air strike in June."

[ApplegateRanch]

There's a number 2, and there is number 2. This seems to be the former, instead of the usual latter.

He was the second most important al-Qaida in Iraq leader after Abu Ayyub al-Masri, al-Rubaie said. Al-Masri succeeded Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, known as Abu Humam or Abu Rana, was arrested a few days ago, Mouwaffak al-Rubaie said, adding that his arrest also led to the capture or death of 11 other top al-Qaida in Iraq figures and nine lower-level members.

[Buck W.]

How about a courtesy flush?

[Jazzman1]

Not only that, but all their 'sacred' shrines and mosques seem to be taking hits.

[savedbygrace]

But who's the boss of number 2?

The sphincter muscle.

:-o

[fhlh]

al Qaeda in Iraq???

Wait... aren't the Democrats and the MSM trumpeting the War on Terror and the War in Iraq as separate wars????

flippin idiots...

[OrioleFan]

Fox News reported that he had surrounded himself with women and children as human shields. These terrorist leaders are unwilling to martyr themselves like they want their followers to do. That point should be made over and over in the Muslim world. When Zarqawi was shown having to be helped to fire his weapon, he lost a lot of believers.

[fhlh]

has anyone checked DU or dkos to see if they have posted a signup sheet???

[Tribune7]

Yeah, that's it! You show that turd who's boss. :-)

[bray]

Sad day for the TraitorcRats!!

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