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Top Terror Leader Arrested in Northern Iraq
Associated Press via Yahoo! News ^ | 2005 Jun 4

Posted on 06/04/2005 2:12:23 AM PDT by Wiz

MOSUL, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces on Saturday arrested suspected top terror leader in this volatile northern city, police said. The Iraqi man, known as Mullah Mahdi, was detained with his brother, three other Iraqis and a non-Iraqi Arab national, following a brief clash in eastern Mosul, said Iraqi army Maj. Gen. Khalil Ahmed al-Obeidi.

Al-Obeidi said the terror suspect was affiliated with the Ansar al-Sunnah Army, one of Iraq's most feared terror groups, and links to the Syrian intelligence service.

"He was wanted for almost all car bombs, assassinations of high official, beheadings of Iraqi policemen and soldiers and for launching attacks against Multi-National Forces," al-Obeidi said.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ansaralsunna; captured; gwot; iraq; islamist; mosul; oif; terrorism; terrorist
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1 posted on 06/04/2005 2:12:23 AM PDT by Wiz
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To: Wiz; Straight Vermonter

bump


2 posted on 06/04/2005 2:14:18 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: Straight Vermonter; TexKat; SandRat; Allegra; Gucho; Dog; Deetes; Cap Huff; pissant

Terrorist leader captured ping


3 posted on 06/04/2005 2:14:51 AM PDT by Wiz
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To: Wiz

I sure hope we don't insult his Koran!


4 posted on 06/04/2005 2:15:08 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Wiz; Cindy

ping


5 posted on 06/04/2005 2:15:33 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Wiz
Could be the CBS lead story tonight. </sarcasm>
6 posted on 06/04/2005 2:18:32 AM PDT by Pusterfuss (You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right. LBJ)
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To: Wiz

Great news. Thanks for ping.


7 posted on 06/04/2005 2:20:23 AM PDT by Cap Huff
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To: Jet Jaguar
THANKS JET! That's good news.

OFF TOPIC: You caught me updating these links:

SOFIR.org: "The associations, domains and web sites of the designated Terrorist Sa'ad Rashed Mohammad Al-Fagih" (May 27, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "QAL3AH TRIVIA Did you know that the jihadi forum known as the 'The Castle' is one of Sa'ad Al-Fagih's websites? Now you do." (May 23, 2005)

TREAS.GOV - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY - From The Office of Public Affairs - JS-2164: "U.S. TREASURY DESIGNATES TWO INDIVIDUALS WITH TIES TO AL QAIDA, UBL Former BIF Leader and al-Qaida Associate Named Under E.O. 13224" (PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: "The U.S Department of the Treasury today announced the designation of Adel Abdul Jalil Batterjee and Saad Rashed Mohammad al-Faqih for providing financial and material support to al Qaida and Usama bin Laden (UBL). The U.S. is submitting both names to the United Nations 1267 Committee, which will consider adding them to the consolidated list of terrorists tied to al Qaida, UBL and the Taliban. Batterjee and al-Faqih are not linked to each other.") (December 21, 2004)

8 posted on 06/04/2005 2:21:24 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Nods, thanks.


9 posted on 06/04/2005 2:23:12 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Wiz

Good news !


10 posted on 06/04/2005 2:26:29 AM PDT by iso
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To: Pusterfuss

Your sarcasm is well spoken. It is infuriating to hear CBS radio have the story at the top of each hour. Man how I hate those people.


11 posted on 06/04/2005 2:26:36 AM PDT by Enterprise (Coming soon from Newsweek: "Fallujah - we had to destroy it in order to save it.")
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To: Wiz

I wonder.

How is it that a top terrorist and mass murderer is captured alive, anyway?

Where I in such a position I would have the last bullet saved for myself.


12 posted on 06/04/2005 2:28:48 AM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: bill1952

Where = were.


13 posted on 06/04/2005 2:30:04 AM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: Wiz

Did you ever notice that the terrorist leaders prefer capture to dying to collect their virgins?

You don't suppose that's because they know the worst that will happen to them is that someone will pull panties over their head or flush their holy book, do you?


14 posted on 06/04/2005 2:34:18 AM PDT by Beckwith (I knew Churchill, and Ward Churchill is no Churchill . . . he ain't no Indian either . . .)
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To: bill1952

Proof that these "top terrorists" have no personal courage.


16 posted on 06/04/2005 2:35:41 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: Wiz
They aught to be able to extract some good info from these guys.
Better let the Iraqi's interrogate them though. The media can't say anything about Iraqi-Islamic methods without stepping on their jihadist buddies toes.

We would have to put them up at the Sheraton hotel and pamper them.
17 posted on 06/04/2005 2:37:48 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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Sorry all.
This post is on the wrong thread and I've asked the moderator to remove it.


18 posted on 06/04/2005 2:42:28 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: bill1952
Where I in such a position I would have the last bullet saved for myself.

Because that "jihad" crap is for the uneducated imbeciles, the "leaders" don't believe that 77 virgin B.S. any more than you or I.

19 posted on 06/04/2005 2:43:58 AM PDT by ScreamingFist (Peace through Ignorance)
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ScreamingFist wrote:
Because that "jihad" crap is for the uneducated imbeciles, the "leaders" don't believe that 77 virgin B.S. any more than you or I.

--> Darn you! I was just begining to believe in it /Sarc! BTW, It's 72 Virginians!


20 posted on 06/04/2005 2:47:45 AM PDT by 1FASTGLOCK45 (FreeRepublic: More fun than watching Dem'Rats drown like Turkeys in the rain! ! !)
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