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.
In short, we still have but one source.
hmmmmm.......
STOP reminding me.
Perhaps we should move to another time zone!
i'm serious..I worked in the garment business.I saw these dudes in action once..VERY convincing personalities...Half hour ,tops, at Gitmo and we'd know EVERYTHING that could be known. And neither Sar nor Nunzio would even have a wrinkle in their $3000 suits..
What do you think?
If it was, I did not see it.
Searching on Baquba, the reported capture location has been quite a bit of activity lately.
Google News search baquba
I wondered how you managed to be on top of it all the time.
TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!!!!
here...
"The say they not confirmed yet." "They have "somebody'"
phones are HOT here - checking more sources
Anybody in Europe or Middle East? Should be morning there.
Maybe that fat pig that got caught trying to place bombs under Iraqi's cars and then was asking for mercy squealed.
Hope that they put panties on his head.
Find out anything?
Hey, those of us on the Western front can give you are ring if anything breaks. Go ahead, get a few Zzzzz's.
"Emirate newspaper al-Bayane". Does this paper even exist?
How reliable is your source at the Russian Embassy? Should we take that to mean that somebody of importance WAS captured?
LOL.........aren't you the big helper!
I understand completely. I believe that Sal and Nunzio would make the "detainees" an offer they couldn't refuse. I am Italian with some family that...well, are family in the family sense. I get it. I believe you. I say use their talents in the war on terror.
Have also read that some people with diabetes boiled it and drank the liquid with catastrophic consequences. I'm no doctor, just what I've read since my mother has glaucoma and diabetes. She injects herself with insulin to control her diabetes.
If I recall correctly the first news of Saddams capture came from an Iranian source.
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