Posted on 07/18/2007 4:35:16 AM PDT by james500
The U.S. command said Wednesday the highest-ranking Iraqi in the leadership of al-Qaida in Iraq has been arrested, adding that information from him indicates the group's foreign-based leadership wields considerable influence over the Iraqi chapter.
Khaled Abdul-Fattah Dawoud Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, also known as Abu Shahid, was captured in Mosul on July 4, said Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner, a military spokesman.
"Al-Mashhadani is believed to be the most senior Iraqi in the al-Qaida in Iraq network," Bergner said. He said al-Mashhadani was a close associate of Abu Ayub al-Masri, the Egyptian-born head of al-Qaida in Iraq.
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i love it! let our magnificent military and their real actions and hard and dangerous work knock that dumb Demo stunt in the Senate off the news! go, guys, go! you are the best!
They really need a chart on who is Mr. Big, who is No. 2, etc. instead of every day “top” man in Iraq was killed, captured, slipped on a banana peal etc.
I’ll wager this coward will be in the fetal position after a couple of days of lights out at Club Gitmo.
Good news for America and Iraq...bad news for the Democrats. How does one remain a member of a party where good news for the safety of your country and its allies is bad news for you?
In Web postings, the Islamic State of Iraq has identified its leader as Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, with al-Masri as minister of war. There are no known photos of al-Baghdadi.
Bergner said al-Mashhadani had told interrogators that al-Baghdadi is a “fictional role” created by al-Masri and that an actor is used for audio recordings of speeches posted on the Web.
“In his words, the Islamic State of Iraq is a front organization that masks the foreign influence and leadership within al-Qaida in Iraq in an attempt to put an Iraqi face on the leadership of al-Qaida in Iraq,” Bergner said
ping
LOL!
Fantastic news!
Take THAT, Harry’s Pajama Party!!
That is hard to do because these “Top Figures” are like chips in a vending machine, as one is taken, another is automatically moved to the front.
Good question. Hillary once said, when asked if she loved America, “I love the America that ‘could’ be”. I think that is the mentality of a lot on the left. They don’t love what America is, and want to change it. Further, they are so self-absorbed that they think only they can set things right. They are the ‘chosen’ ones. Actually, their self-convinced zeal is not that much different than that of some of the fanatics we are fighting.
Some of these terrorists have more names than Prince or Puff Daddy !
You hit the nail on the head - love the real estate, hate the democracy.
the surge is not working
///sarcasm
Most excellent news. Why this is not in the breaking news section? Please ask the moderator to put there, it is well deserved.
Be silent and enjoy the good news.
OK already, which number one operative is this anyway.
Just wrap him up and send him to the Alutians. They don’t care for Gitmo, maybe they’d like the arctic better.
Throw away the key.
Funny! If that’s supposed to be Napoleon (originally), he was on top of the smallest Andalusian in the world!
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