Posted on 01/04/2005 10:47:28 AM PST by vmoney
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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How many times have he been captured... by the media?
The good guys finally getting to play cowboys & muslims!
Break out the SODIUM PENTOTHOL!!!
GREAT NEWS!
LOL
"They are too fixated on the tsunami."
Just wait, Amber Frey will knock the tsunami to has-been status on Fox.
We're getting more mileage out of this story than Junior got at Daytona. ;-)
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this creep can only be caught once
Put his head on a pike, parade it around on TV, then perhaps I will be persuadable to believe this.
Even Arafat didn't die this many times.
BOGUS
Till we get confirmation, anyone have a casserole recipe for using left over turkey?
I refuse to watch Amber.
I know of at least 7. One yesterday, and at least six today. Maybe more.
It is now confirmed that there is no confirmation that this story has been confirmed. Should I post a thread about that, and if so, should I post it in breaking news? I think I shall, just to be safe.
I say skin 'em and hang 'em!!
U.S. military and intelligence sources are denying print and broadcast reports that terrorist Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi has been arrested in Iraq, MSNBC reported Tuesday.
MSNBC said senior U.S. military and intelligence sources told it the reports are not true. A newspaper in the United Arab Emirates, al-Bayane, reported in its Tuesday edition that the Jordanian-born terrorist had been arrested in Baqouba, Iraq. Iraqi Kurdistan radio also reported the arrest of al-Zarqawi.
The U.S. military in December said al-Zarqawi likely is in the Baghdad area.
I wonder if there are several look-alikes of this butcher?
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