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BBC: Insurgent leader 'held' in Iraq ~ al-Baghdadi - leader of Islamic State in Iraq,
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| Friday, 9 March 2007, 22:24 GMT
| BBC Staff
Posted on 03/09/2007 4:41:12 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Insurgent leader 'held' in Iraq
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Iraqi forces captured al-Baghdadi in the Abu Ghraib area of the city
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A key leader of an al-Qaeda linked insurgent group has been arrested in Iraq, according to media reports. Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the self-styled leader of the Sunni Arab group the Islamic State in Iraq, was captured in the Abu Ghraib district of Baghdad.
An Iraqi government official said Mr al-Baghdadi had been arrested after intelligence tip-offs. He heads an umbrella group of Sunni insurgent movements fighting the Iraqi government and US troops in Iraq. "He was captured this afternoon by Iraqi forces with several of his aides as a result of receiving intelligence tips," the government source told AFP news agency. No other immediate confirmation of the report from official sources was available. His group is believed to be behind a series of attacks in Iraq, including the kidnapping of at least 18 police officers last week who were subsequently killed. Security sources said he was also among militants who stormed a prison near the northern city of Mosul, freeing some 140 prisoners.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: baghdad; baghdadsurge; iraq; iraqsurge
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
When MNF site verifies this claim then I will believe it. To many false claims about baggy daddy in the past few weeks.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
03/09/2007 4:45:25 PM PST
by
RedRover
(Defend Our Marines!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Re the latest captured Iraqi terrorist leader - Can we say that "Bagdadhi's in the bag"?
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I hope he gets the same reception as Saddam and company.
Hanging this turd is way to quick.
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posted on
03/09/2007 4:45:31 PM PST
by
OKIEDOC
(Kalifornia, DUNCAN 08, ELECTION 2008, MOST IMPORTANT OF MY LIFE TIME)
To: NormsRevenge; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; blam; Marine_Uncle; SunkenCiv; Allegra; SandRat; tobyhill; ..
Major News...haven't checked the Coalition Forces press releases for confirmation as yet however.
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posted on
03/09/2007 4:45:38 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
BBC is deeply saddened by this news.
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posted on
03/09/2007 4:46:45 PM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: OKIEDOC
"hanging this turd is way to quick"
Did they keep the shredder saddamn used?
8
posted on
03/09/2007 4:47:49 PM PST
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
03/09/2007 4:51:24 PM PST
by
blam
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
03/09/2007 4:52:48 PM PST
by
blam
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
MNF not posting this news yet.
To: Marine_Uncle
I checked here,....but no news on this....latest was the the Butcher in Mosul I posted this morning:
iraq.centcom.mil
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posted on
03/09/2007 4:58:12 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
To: blam; Marine_Uncle
We sure are getting lots of good news suddenly...especially the Iranian General defecting with important papers...and then this...
Allah is not pleased....
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posted on
03/09/2007 5:00:09 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Let's hope these mutts kiil each other in the fight to be the new #1.
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posted on
03/09/2007 5:02:12 PM PST
by
CaptRon
(Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
It is amazing how ALL western Liberal media is giving us the same spin. Now that he's captured he is the leader of "an al-Qaeda
linked insurgent group." Never mind that he and his follows said they are
al-Qaeda lead - not merely "
linked." Here's what Al Jazeera says:
Hundreds of supporters of the Mujahidin Shura Council, a group of Sunni fighters led by al-Qaeda in Iraq, took to the streets of Ramadi to announce that the city was joining a self-declared Islamic state in Iraq.
Hundreds of armed men marched through the capital of Anbar province as mosque loudspeakers broadcast a statement by the Mujahidin Shura Council.
Cars also formed convoys in a show of strength in an area revisited by US forces on a regular basis.
"We are from Mujahidin Shura Council and our amir is Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. God willing we will set the law of Sharia here and we will fight the Americans," said a man who identified himself as Abu Harith, a Mujahidin leader.
Al Jazeera (2006)
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posted on
03/09/2007 5:02:38 PM PST
by
drpix
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Berosus; Cincinatus' Wife; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; FairOpinion; Fedora; ..
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posted on
03/09/2007 5:06:14 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(I last updated my profile on Thursday, February 19, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Hopefully we shall shortly read confirmed reports. The Iraqi still seem to have a way of carrying on after Baghdad Bob.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Of course we should not expect to much feeling from the little statue that remained on the stone shelf after the other 364 where tossed out and broken up. Frigen muslims have been had for some fifteen centuries and still don't have a clue.
To: Marine_Uncle; blam; SunkenCiv; harwood
Confirmation seems closer if Jihadists web sites are to be believed ( From the Long thread ):
BREAKING: Abu Omar al-Baghdadi Captured
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He is indeed captured. Queda forums publishing rants and raves claiming otherwise, but a statement has been issued by the "Islamic State of Iraq" on the Hesbah forum confirming the capture.
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147 posted on 03/09/2007 3:35:20 PM PST by harwood
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posted on
03/09/2007 5:17:39 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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