Boghdadi aide captured in Baghdad (7 Abu Omar al-Baghdadi's aides capture)

Aswat al-Iraq ^ | 25 /08 /2008

[Straight Vermonter]

An Iraqi army force captured an aide of al-Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Omar al-Boghdadi and six assistants in southeastern Baghdad on Sunday, the Baghdad Operations Command said.

"A force from the Iraqi army's 9th Division, 35th Brigade, arrested Mahdi Mosleh al-Djeheishi, one of the aides of Abu Omar al-Boghdadi, and six assistants in a raid conducted in the village of al-Djeheisiya, al-Madae'n neighborhood, southeastern Baghda," Maj. General Qassem Atta, the spokesman for the BOC, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

Boghdadi, who heads the so-called Islamic State of Iraq group, announced in October 2006, is the leader of al-Qaeda in Bilad al-Rafidain (literally al-Qaeda in the Country of the Two Rivers), active in central and western Iraq provinces.

Meanwhile, Atta said that a force from the National Police's 3rd Brigade seized an amount of arms, munitions and explosives in the area of al-Kargouliya in al-Madae'n neighborhood.

[Straight Vermonter]

Baghdadi is a controversial character. The US military believes he is a fictional persona designed to draw fire away from the real terrorist leadership in Iraq. It is also possible that he is real but is just a figurehead serving to give an Iraqi face to the "resistance". The Iraqis have, at various times, claimed that he was either captured or killed. Nonetheless, those who are reported to be close to Baghdadi are likely close to the terrorist leadership in Iraq.

[Liberty2007]

who’s your Boghdadi!!!!

[Southack]

It’s a good catch, regardless. Al Qaeda’s leadership is being killed or caught all while overall violence in Iraq is declining.

[elhombrelibre]

I agree with you. Typically, they catch someone close to the target and that leads to them getting the HVT.