Posted on 01/03/2005 9:57:11 PM PST by TexKat
DUBAI, January 4 (Itar-Tass) - Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, whom the US occupation authorities declared to be the "target number one" in Iraq, has been arrested in the city of Baakuba, the Emirate newspaper al-Bayane reported on Tuesday referring to Kurdish sources. Al-Zarqawi, leader of the terrorist group Al-Tawhid Wa'al-Jihad, was recently appointed the director of the Al-Qaeda organisation in Iraq.
The newspaper's correspondent in Baghdad points out that a report on the seizure of the terrorist, on whom the US put a bounty of 10 million dollars, was also reported by Iraqi Kurdistan radio, which at one time had been the first to announce the arrest of Saddam Hussein.
There have been no official reports about the arrest of the terrorist. Al-Zarqawi, 38, a Jordanian, whose real name is Ahmad al-Khalayleh, aims to turn Iraq into a "new Afghanistan". According to Arab press data, Al-Tawhid Wa'al-Jihad group has divided Iraq into several emirates. The group's independent subdivisions at a strength of 50 to 500 militants operate in the cities of Al-Falluja, Al-Qaim, Diala, and Samarra.
The personnel of the group is on the whole 1,500-strong and includes Iraqis and citizens of Arab and Islamic countries. There are demolition experts and missilemen among them.
The group has depots of weapons and explosives in various parts of the country. It intends to frustrate the upcoming parliamentary elections that are scheduled for the end of this month. Al-Tawhid Wa'al-Jihad threatens to do away with Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and members of the interim government.
Ping
Wow!! Of course, JUST when I was heading for bed..........
I am searching for his head on a stick.
PING - over here quick!
Ditto!
If true, this is HUGH!
I call old-school Soviet agit-prop BS.
There is one of these stories per month.
I suspect this is more noise.
And I was just going to take a shower...
Yeah so was I bonfire, but decided to go ahead and start my daily thread. And while looking for something to post, what should pop in my vision first.
if so... This is huge
I've read that we don't have a good picture of this al-Zargawi character. That he changes his looks continually to avoid capture.
Is this true?
Als, are we any closer to catching the big honcho - Osama bin Laden? That's the big fish that needs to be broiled.
This was posted earlier but from a different site. IADA??? or something. Hopefully true!
I wish the confirmation was from something other than TASS but hey, they've got to be more accurate than Dan Rather.
This is ALWAYS, I repeat, ALWAYS the time of night when big things happen!
Shall I start the coffee?
I'm going to bed with a sweet dream forming in my head...........................Let it be true.
Ping Time
I'm not sure three unreliable sources are any more valid than one unreliable source.
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