Report: Al Qaeda Big Arrested

NewsMax.com ^ | 12/31/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

The top deputy of al Qaeda number two-man Ayman Al-Zawahiri has been arrested, according to "Islamist sources in London" cited by the Middle Eastern Media Research Institute on Thursday.

"Abdallah Muhammed Rajab Abd al-Rahman, aka Ahmad Hassan Abu Al-Khir, who is in charge of al Qaeda finances and the right hand man of Ayman Al Zawahiri, has been arrested," MEMRI said.

"Abu Al-Khir was previously sentenced to death in absentia in Egypt," the news service said, based on translations of a report earlier this week in the London-based newspaper Al-Sharq Al-Awsat.

In an audiotape released two weeks ago, Al Zawahiri warned of new al Qaeda attacks against the U.S. and boasted, "The American collapse has started to become a reality ... in Afghanistan. The forces of Islam and Jihad are starting to chase the crusaders and the hypocrites of Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, and the Arab peninsula."

[nuffsenuff]

Until this is confirmed by another news source I am skeptical...

I am also worried that it is probably code. I would imagine an attack is going to happen to US or UK interests in Egypt sometime soon. (slowly removes the aluminum beanie from his head)

[Barnacle]

...cited by the Middle Eastern Media Research Institute on Thursday.

It's Wednesday in the Mideast right now. What Thursday are they talking about? A week ago? That would be kind of a strange breaking news story.

[kattracks]

Thank you. I couldn't find anything on this on the regular MEMRI site.

[SamAdams76]

We need to continue capturing these Al Qaida types.

[corlorde]

Yes but will it make America any safer/sarcasm off.

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[duckman]

Abdallah Muhammed Rajab Abd al-Rahman = Alphabet Soup

[thoughtomator]

NewsMax has been putting out some good work recently.

[nwctwx]

Understandable if you remain skeptical...

As far as it being code, I am not sure what you mean? I think you are correct in your second assumption.

[smith288]

We need to continue capturing these Al Qaida types.

Hey, its Captain Obvious! LOL.... jk

[nwctwx]

NewsMax has been putting out some good work recently.

This article is almost a cut/paste from MEMRI.

[nwctwx]

No problem, I sat and watched the ticker for a while before I headed to the ticker page to see if it was there.

[Myrnick]

I often wonder why they bother with aliases

I agree. They all seem to have a nom de guerre. I think I'll claim one for myself. Henceforth I shall be known as Myrnick aka Creampuff.

On second thought, maybe I should ponder that for awhile.

[Coop]

That's Newsmax.

[Sidebar Moderator]

They all seem to have a nom de guerre. I think I'll claim one for myself. Henceforth I shall be known as Myrnick aka Creampuff.

You should hear what the moderators call you. :)

[PhiKapMom]

I cannot find anything either -- but then the DoD updates are slow this morning as well.

[PhiKapMom]

LOL!!!!!!!!!

[kattracks]

But NewsMax gets the stories out there that the lamestream media won't ever report.

[af_vet_rr]

I hope they hand him over to the Egyptians, I bet they would make him suffer a bit more than we would.

[nuffsenuff]

I was just speculating...

Maybe the story is a code. They Islamists send a press release saying this guy has been captured and mention a country somehow... In this case, that he was tried and convicted in Egypt... the sleeper cells then know they've been given the go ahead on a pre-designated target in Egypt...

Just a thought.