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Iraq says captures No. 2 al Qaeda leader
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-09-03T104059Z_01_GEO743062_
Posted on 09/03/2006 5:03:35 AM PDT by 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.
TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaedainiraq; alreadyposted; alsaedi; captured; doasearch; iraq; oif
To: zippy the razor
Got to be the most dangerous job in the world. Al Qeda loses a number 2 about every other month these days.
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posted on
09/03/2006 5:07:57 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(Democrats: Party of Sedition, Segregation and Slavery.)
To: zippy the razor
You didn't like this
earlier version of the story which is in breaking news?
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posted on
09/03/2006 5:08:07 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(3.03)
To: ASA Vet
To: zippy the razor
FoxNews is reporting that al-Suaidi is singing like a songbird.
lol
His arrest has led to the arrests of other terrorists.
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posted on
09/03/2006 5:33:18 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: MNJohnnie
But who's the boss of number 2?
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posted on
09/03/2006 5:34:15 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: MNJohnnie
That outfit really practices upward mobility. ;-)
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posted on
09/03/2006 5:36:54 AM PDT
by
verity
(The MSM is comprised of useless eaters)
To: zippy the razor
"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?
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posted on
09/03/2006 6:01:21 AM PDT
by
Disturbin
(Welcome to society -- morons with keys)
To: Disturbin
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!
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posted on
09/03/2006 6:09:35 AM PDT
by
alice_in_bubbaland
(NY Slimes the paper of record for OBL!)
To: zippy the razor
A typo in his name "Abu Humam", it should be Abu non-Human
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posted on
09/03/2006 6:42:43 AM PDT
by
AdmSmith
To: Tribune7
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."
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posted on
09/03/2006 6:44:49 AM PDT
by
scannell
To: MNJohnnie
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.
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posted on
09/03/2006 6:49:15 AM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
To: Tribune7
How about a courtesy flush?
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posted on
09/03/2006 6:56:09 AM PDT
by
Buck W.
(If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.)
To: MNJohnnie
Not only that, but all their 'sacred' shrines and mosques seem to be taking hits.
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posted on
09/03/2006 7:22:15 AM PDT
by
Jazzman1
(l)
To: Tribune7
But who's the boss of number 2? The sphincter muscle.
:-o
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posted on
09/03/2006 7:34:58 AM PDT
by
savedbygrace
(SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
To: zippy the razor
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...
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posted on
09/03/2006 7:43:54 AM PDT
by
fhlh
(Polls are for Strippers.)
To: zippy the razor
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.
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posted on
09/03/2006 7:50:24 AM PDT
by
OrioleFan
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, DemocRATs believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
To: alice_in_bubbaland
has anyone checked DU or dkos to see if they have posted a signup sheet???
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posted on
09/03/2006 7:54:05 AM PDT
by
fhlh
(Polls are for Strippers.)
To: savedbygrace; Buck W.
Yeah, that's it! You show that turd who's boss. :-)
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posted on
09/03/2006 10:29:40 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: zippy the razor
Sad day for the TraitorcRats!!
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
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posted on
09/03/2006 10:31:25 AM PDT
by
bray
(Koffi 4 Food has Failed.......Again)
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