Former Saddam Loyalist Surrenders

Yahoooooooooo via AP ^ | 1/20/04

[areafiftyone]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A former high-ranking member of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s Baath Party, accused of involvement in recent insurgent attacks, has surrendered to the U.S. forces in central Iraq (news - web sites), the U.S. military said Tuesday.

Gen. Matloob Muslat Sayer, who was a member of Saddam's Fedayeen Militia, gave himself up on Monday in Al Anbar province, the military said in a statement.

Former Iraqi Intelligence Service officer, Col. Abdul Hadi, was captured last Friday in Ramadi — also in Anbar province, the statement said. It gave no other details.

The province is part of the so-called "Sunni Triangle," the heartland of Saddam loyalists who have been waging a guerrilla war against U.S. forces with roadside bombs, car bombs and hit-and-run gun attacks.

The statement said Sayer, his family and associates were involved in some of the recent attacks on coalition forces and has been linked to foreign fighters and extremists.

It said a search of his home turned up two AK-47 rifles, nine magazines and bomb making material.

A total of 230 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq in the insurgency since May 1 when President Bush (news - web sites) declared an end to major conflict.

[areafiftyone]

I guess since this happened yesterday they didn't release it to the press until today.

[LurkedLongEnough]

"was captured last Friday" - guess they have gotten all they can out of him by now... publish!

[cookcounty]

Good news! My son just went over to Iraq last week. Prayers are appreciated.

[BJClinton]

guess they have gotten all they can out of him by now

Exactly, I expect a fresh new wave of round-ups and caches of weapons being found. But we're no safer, to be sure. Just ask any Democrat.

[lasereye]

Is he in the deck of cards?

[areafiftyone]

Prayers for your brave son and all our soldiers to stay safe. God bless him.

[BushisTheMan]

See my private reply. God bless your son.

[BibChr]

Oh.

I thought this'd be about Dean

Dan

[dead]

Dean's not "former."

[areafiftyone]

I checked and doesn't look like he is.

[xzins]

GNFI PING!

[BibChr]

Good point.

[wayoverontheright]

A total of 230 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq in the insurgency since May 1 when President Bush (news - web sites) declared an end to major conflict.

Someone help me here, I think the May speech by Bush declared an end to "the military phase" of the war. Were the words "major conflict" used?

[blackie]

Smokin' them out and roundin' them up ~ Bump!

[george wythe]

Great news for our troops in Iraq. The momentum is in the US side, and all these losers cannot stop the construction of a peaceful and free Iraq.

[TheDon]

Looks like our intel is doing a great job! The noose is tightening on the dead enders and transnational terrorists left in Iraq.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

So we're down to the dirty eleven???

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

GNFI, bump!

Related DoD-CJTF7 release:

8 Task Forces Turn Up Former Iraqi General, Weapons Caches ~ DoD-AFPS, CJTF7 | 1/20/04

[ironman]

"declared an end to major conflict"

That's not quite right. End of "major combat operations" does not equal "major conflict." Major combat operations includes hundreds of sorties and missiles and bombs going off and tanks columns on the move, etc.