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.
I was cleaning out my COOKIES!
Were they the delicious DBC???
You calling her now?
because we want to go to bed! :)
Does it help? I think so. But, I am no doctor.
We may have something here...
Anybody got a picture of him?
I feel like a DUmmie.....I BELIEEEVE! Well, I hope, anyway.
Laugh if you must, but onyx had me on speed dial when I had to go out when the Peterson jury was coming back!
Right...it was recently upped to $25 million...I can go either way as to whether or not it makes the story more or less credible.
(Re: Baakuba). Yeah, it does, though I would have expected him nearer to a border - Iran or Syria. This is 30-40 miles NNE of Baghdad.
Let us know what you hear. Smoke break for me too.
No, they were irritating. I couldn't believe how many were there I didn't know about!
I've been thinking an audible alert (beeber) from FR would be cool. The way it would work is if you get a post it makes an audible sound on your computer. This way we could wake up in the middle of the night and use more of Jim's bandwith.
"I thought it was a 25 million dollar reward."
No. The 25 mill is for the big guy - OBL.
It wasn't the pic you posted, but, yeah, it was the Queen from Alice in Wonderland.
I am stuned that you would seriously want a beeber.
But- did you stay at a Holiday Inn Express lastnight?
sorry I meant beeper. the b and the p keys are too close together this late at night.
"Does it help? I think so. But, I am no doctor."
OK, if it helps you, so much the better.
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