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've had UGG's for over 10 years now....before they became popular. I live in them! You will never know how you lived without them!
Why didn't you tell me?
Did you already know about body butter, too?
Um....no. TELL!!!
9 posted on 01/04/2005 12:01:49 AM CST by denydenydeny
LOL! I'm sorry. That just struck me as funny. ;-)
Captured or not captured?
The absolute BOMB:
http://www.thebodyshop.com/bodyshop/browse/sub_category.jsp;jsessionid=VGRM4VAEWX5WTULSIIXFAFOROJBC0UP4?categoryId=cat20065
So, has al-Zargawi been tagged and sacked or not?
Should I go to bed or stay a little while for the happy news?
Something is wrong with the "View Replies" link. It's not working for me, what about you? It just reloads the entire thread for me.
That's what I said. :o)
Might interest you, Dear
I have geranium shea butter from France. It's fabulous! Not sure if it's the same....it's upstairs and hubby's sleeping. It's about the same price too.
The cranberry butter sounds wonderful.
I may have to order some!
NOT!
Well, I'm getting tired myself. Guess we'll have to wait till tommorrow to know for sure.
But you're right. We can only hope.
If you are trying to read the last post and it does that, it hasn't "caught up" yet. Try again.
Nut.
Nut.
Just clicked on your username and had no probs here.
Doesn't look like it.
I happen to have very good friends in both Phuket and Medan - so yeah I was kinda covered on the earthquake. ;-)
Never mind, it's working now. But I promise... I'm not going nuts... It was screwing up for some reason...
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