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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi reportedly arrested in Iraq
ITAR-TASS ^ | 01/04/05

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.


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To: TexKat
I am searching for other sources regarding this matter.

There was a thread on this ealier today. The source was questioned there also. This is from TASS, right. That should be a more reliable source. If true, it will be showing up on the mainstream news soon.

21 posted on 01/03/2005 10:04:08 PM PST by BJungNan (Did you call your congressmen to tell them to stop funding the ACLU? 202 224 3121)
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To: MJY1288

OMG please let this be true.


22 posted on 01/03/2005 10:04:24 PM PST by swheats
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To: TexKat

You are No.1 TexKat, and I can't think of another freeper I'd rather have break this news. I am yelling with joy! I can hardly believe it!


23 posted on 01/03/2005 10:04:28 PM PST by Blowtorch
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To: TexKat

Praying it's true. Now, hurry up and find out!!! :)


24 posted on 01/03/2005 10:04:39 PM PST by bonfire
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To: bonfire

YES, I like mine with Cream ans Sweet-n-low


25 posted on 01/03/2005 10:04:52 PM PST by MJY1288 (John McCain, Chuck Hagel, Dick Lugar and Bill Kristol are the Weakest Link. IGNORE THEM!)
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To: TheyConvictedOglethorpe

"If true, this is HUGH!"

I don't think he's huge. He's just a lieutenant of OBL.


26 posted on 01/03/2005 10:04:58 PM PST by TAquinas
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To: TexKat

its ITAR-TAS.. only second in credibility to seeBS. I will believe it when there are pictures.


27 posted on 01/03/2005 10:05:00 PM PST by BoBToMatoE
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To: okie01
This sounds suspiciously like a replay of some arrests in Baquouba about 7-10 days ago. Maybe ITAR-TASS was just slow on the uptake...

If so Kazinform, Kazakhstan is following Itar-tass

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi reportedly arrested in Iraq

Kazinform, Kazakhstan - 6 minutes ago Dubai, January 4. KAZINFORM. - Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, whom the US occupation authorities declared to be the "target number one" in Iraq, has been arrested in

28 posted on 01/03/2005 10:05:35 PM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: TexKat
Damn straight!

Wouldn't mind terribly if they cut off his head with a butter knife.

After they torture him into spilling everything he knows.

Let the leftist press have a cow...they're a bunch of losers.

29 posted on 01/03/2005 10:05:43 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: TexKat

> I am searching for other sources regarding this matter.

An earlier story was pulled here, apparently due to the
tinfoil source.

If Z-man has been nailed, I'm sure we'll announce it
on confirmation, because it would likely throw the
anit-election forces into disarray.


30 posted on 01/03/2005 10:06:11 PM PST by Boundless
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To: MJY1288

bttt


31 posted on 01/03/2005 10:06:25 PM PST by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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To: dead

Was this one of the three source reporting this or does this make four?

http://www.inform.kz/txt/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=106208


32 posted on 01/03/2005 10:06:31 PM PST by BJungNan (Did you call your congressmen to tell them to stop funding the ACLU? 202 224 3121)
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To: BoBToMatoE
I'll believe it when Ramsey Clark signs on for his defense...
33 posted on 01/03/2005 10:06:33 PM PST by Lx (If dolphins are so smart, why do they live in igloos?)
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To: Blowtorch; bonfire

I am just praying it is true.


34 posted on 01/03/2005 10:06:41 PM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: MJY1288

If this was true, a representative of the US gov't would have leaked it to Fox News and other mainstream media. Alas, it's probably more agiprop from some anti-american group.


35 posted on 01/03/2005 10:06:42 PM PST by rumrunner
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To: Howlin

No WAY you are in bed yet!

GET UP!!


36 posted on 01/03/2005 10:06:55 PM PST by bonfire
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To: TexKat

There was an earlier report, Monday morning, at www.idao.org.


37 posted on 01/03/2005 10:07:05 PM PST by First_Salute (May God save our democratic-republican government, from a government by judiciary.)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

If true, they should start sharpening...or dulling the knives so that they can start on him slowly...like he did on poor Burke.


38 posted on 01/03/2005 10:07:08 PM PST by winner3000
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To: TexKat

Maybe someone found his conscience after seeing so many tsunami victims and turned him in.


39 posted on 01/03/2005 10:07:23 PM PST by swheats
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To: TexKat

Hmmm, this was rumored earlier today. For it to last all day and start getting legs tonight......who knows, maybe something to it.


40 posted on 01/03/2005 10:07:26 PM PST by Arkinsaw
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